An Everett man associated with a radical group targeting prominent government buildings is facing charges after the Massachusetts State House in Boston was vandalized with paint last month .

Jeremaiah Yusuf Sawaqed, 25, of Everett, was arrested Thursday and arraigned in Boston Municipal Court.

Sawaqed was charged with vandalism and destruction of property, vandalizing a war or veterans memorial and possession, transportation or use of a hoax device or substance.

Detectives say the 25-year-old is part of a group called the Direct-Action Movement for Palestinian Liberation (DAMPL), which investigators consider an extreme anti-Zionist organization that endorses violent resistance.

For weeks, investigators have been trying to track down the vandal behind the destruction at the Massachu

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