University of Missouri police on Monday arrested two students suspected of harassing another person with anti-Semitic remarks, both verbally and in writing, dating back to August.

Noah B. Rogers, 19, and Erich J. Eastman, 18, were arrested on suspicion of first-degree harassment, a Class E felony punishable by up to four years in prison. Each was released from the Boone County Jail after posting a $1,500 bond.

MU police Maj. Weimer said officers were called at 8 p.m. to McDavid Hall, where they spoke with the victim, a male student, and arrested the two suspects without incident. It was unclear whether any harassment occurred Monday, Weimer said.

�This happened over time,� Weimer said. �It wasn�t necessarily occurring at that moment.�

Both music majors, Eastman is a freshman at MU and Rogers is a sophomore, according to MU's online directory.

�This behavior is abhorrent and antithetical to our core value of respect," MU interim Chancellor Hank Foley said in a news release. "It simply will not be tolerated.�

Cases on both men were sent to the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney�s Office, where they are under review. Information also was shared with the university�s Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, which investigates allegations of discrimination and sexual assaults on campus. Rogers and Eastman �could face disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion from the university,� Foley said.

Jessica Caldera, a Boone County assistant prosecuting attorney who was assigned the case against Eastman, said she has yet to receive materials from MU police but will make a decision on whether to file charges once she does.

Hate crimes targeting Jewish people and immigrants have received a lot of media attention nationwide since Donald Trump was elected president in November. Many high-profile incidents have led organizations to warn of a rise in hate crimes, including widespread vandalism at a St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery, numerous bomb threats at Jewish centers around the nation, a fatal shooting at an Olathe, Kan., bar last week and reports of hundreds of hate crimes in the month after Trump was elected.

Data on such incidents are elusive, though, The Associated Press reported last week.

This article was first published online on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.