vandalism

A group of five Bowling Green residents allegedly linked to a string of graffiti vandalism will face charges. Anthonie Messer, 19, Marquise Carter, 18, Michael Roberson, 22, Brittany Koopman, 18, and Tiffany Hillard, 18, face a total of 28 misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief and two counts of criminal trespassing, also misdemeanors. The Warren County Attorney's Office plans to issue criminal summonses to the five people.  

Someone did it. But for now, investigators say they don't know who put offensive graffiti on the walls of a Houston Fire Department locker room. Eight months after racist and sexist graffiti was scribbled inside a Houston fire station, even the FBI says it's no closer to finding the person who did it.

There is no way I would ever deface my deceased child's picture, ever   -Jane Draycott

 

Central Division's two-man graffiti task force this week arrested a 20-year-old man suspected of causing more than $2,600 worth of vandalism-related damage in Downtown. The arrest capped a two-month investigation. Detectives served a search warrant at Eduardo Ramirez's home on Wednesday, March 17.

It was like a tagger’s holster   -Paul Vernon

 

The young men responsible for two incidents involving the desecration of road signs and damage of mailboxes in Dubberly offered a public apology Thursday to the residents. The apologies occurred during a public meeting held in the Police Jury room at the Webster Parish Courthouse. Webster Parish District Attorney Schuyler Marvin, who hosted the event, welcomed a capacity crowd, including Dubberly Police Chief Charles Mims, who was targeted by some of the graffiti.

They would talk about the need for unity and other issues facing the community   -Schuyler Marvin

 

THE owner of Mansfield's General Hospital has until today to clean up the site. Mansfield District Council served M H Adam with a legal notice last year ordering him to tidy up the land and the run down building. The work included removing graffiti and weeds, repairing fencing and boundary walls and boarding up broken windows.  

Police have arrested a man and two youths over a spate of vandalism and break and enter offences on Sydney's Northern Beaches. At about 9pm on Tuesday of this week, police from Manly Local Area Command responded to reports of vandals spray-painting graffiti on houses, shops, street signs a bus stop and post box in Seaforth. Police made a survey of damaged properties and a canvassed residents and business owners on Wednesday and uncovered damage to approximately 50 houses.  

The City of Missoula Public Art Committee invites artists residing in Missoula County to apply for a public art project to create art on traffic signal boxes (TSB) located throughout Missoula. The goal of the project is to use local traffic signal boxes as "canvases." This project would enhance visual surroundings as well as serve as a proven deterrent to damage and graffiti.  

As a college student, there are a number of ways to spend spring break. Participating in a cross-country volunteer effort is an unusual choice. Students Today Leaders Forever is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization that engages young people in servant leadership.

The whole idea is to help the community revitalize.   -Greg Elliot