FILE - In this July 30, 2018 file photo, a garbage shed spray painted by vandals with a Nazi flag and iron crosses stands on the grounds of the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla synagogue in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Ind. Nolan Brewer has been sentenced to three years in prison for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti and lighting fires outside the synagogue. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says the 21-year-old Brewer was sentenced Monday evening, May 21, 2019 for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. Minkler announced Tuesday that Brewer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime. (Justin Mack/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 30, 2018 file photo, a garbage shed spray painted by vandals with a Nazi flag and iron crosses stands on the grounds of the Congregation Shaarey Tefilla synagogue in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel, Ind. Nolan Brewer has been sentenced to three years in prison for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti and lighting fires outside the synagogue. U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says the 21-year-old Brewer was sentenced Monday evening, May 21, 2019 for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. Minkler announced Tuesday that Brewer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime. (Justin Mack/The Indianapolis Star via AP, File)

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for spray-painting anti-Semitic graffiti and lighting fires outside a suburban Indianapolis synagogue.

U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler says 21-year-old Nolan Brewer of Eminence was sentenced Monday evening for conspiring to violate the civil rights of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla. Minkler announced Tuesday that Brewer pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime.

Nazi flags and iron crosses were found spray-painted July 28 on a brick shed outside the synagogue in Carmel, just north of Indianapolis. Several areas of the grass and ground around the shed were also scorched, leaving burn residue on part of the shed. Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard condemned the vandalism and Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb cited the incident in asking the Legislature to pass a hate crimes bill.