Paul Nelson is reporting for the Times Union University at Albany police are working to identify a man they say posted stickers with hateful messages on campus and subsequently called a local broadcaster to pose as an innocent student who discovered the items. Investigators say the man was responsible for placing anti-Semitic and racist stickers on the UAlbany campus this week. University at Albany Police Chief Paul Burlingame said October 27, the man in question is known to law enforcement. He took photos of the stickers and then called at least one local television station pretending to be the person who found the material. “He posed as a student to one of the other media outlets saying he found the stickers on campus, but actually he posted the stickers on campus,”  Burlingame said. “We don’t believe any student was involved in the incident as a complainant or as a suspect.” The chief said the sequence of events is consistent with how the group has operated in the past. The Times Union has chosen not to identify the organization. The department launched an investigation into the matter after the story broke earlier this week, the chief said. “It’s an individual who is known to law enforcement across the state, and this group has posted these same stickers on several other campuses in New York state. We really are trying not to help promote this group or their message.” The offensive stickers were posted outside of one of the residence halls and were quickly removed after being discovered. A university spokesman said less than a dozen stickers were found in two locations on campus. Read the full story in the Times Union.