Detectives will now seek hate crime enhancements to felony vandalism charges against three students arrested on suspicion of defacing Calabasas High School with anti-Semetic and racist insults, authorities said Thursday.

The teenagers, whose names were not released because they are minors, were booked Wednesday on allegations of felony vandalism after they allegedly admitted to tagging school property with drawings of Hilter, swastikas and phrases such as “whites only” and “gas chamber,” according to the Malibu-Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station.

Investigators did not initially accuse the boys of a hate crime, saying that they had aimed the insults at specific students and teachers who they felt had mistreated them, rather than based on race or religion.

But the district attorney’s office will ultimately decide whether to charge the teens with the hate crime enhancement based on evidence that detectives will present to prosecutors on Tuesday, according to Capt. Joseph Stephen.

The enhancement could mean an extra two to four years in prison on top of the sentence for vandalism if the teens are convicted, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Detectives will also seek reimbursement for damages to the school, which are more than $6,000, according to authorities.

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maintenance workers on Saturday found the graffiti scrawled on school doors, walls, sidewalks and a stop sign, and were forced to sandblast a section of a vandalized wall.