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￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼￼Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders are offering to help the teenager who has pleaded guilty to painting swastikas and threats on their places of worship last fall.

The white supremacist calls himself the son of Hitler.

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Court documents show their effort to work with him, known as “collaborative justice,” could help reduce the youth’s sentence.

On Friday morning, the teenaged boy pleaded guilty to five charges including inciting hatred, threatening people because of their race or religion, and possessing dangerous weapons.

A judge still needs to make the final decision at a sentencing hearing in May. The youth turned 18 soon after his arrest and could face an adult sentence. He has convictions as a youth for assault and robbery.

The documents presented in court Friday show the offer from the religious leaders wasn’t easy for any of them. All were badly shaken by a week of spray-painted hate attacks last November on a church, a mosque and several synagogues.