Latest Vandalism News
UK: Sculpture by controversial artist attacked with hammer
LONDON (AP) — British police on Wednesday cordoned off an area outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London after a man was spotted scaling the building and using a hammer to attack a statue by controversial sculptor Eric Gill. Officers and ambulance workers rush to the...
Police: Pennsylvania man vandalized North Carolina city hall
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has been arrested for writing graffiti and for breaking windows at a North Carolina city hall which is on the National Register of Historic Places, police said Friday. Reece Sebastian Jaksec, 22, was arrested on Thursday on several...
UN peacekeepers attacked in south Lebanon near Israel border
BEIRUT (AP) — Unknown perpetrators attacked a group of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, vandalizing their vehicles and stealing official items from them, a U.N. official said Wednesday. Such scuffles with U.N. peacekeepers are not uncommon in southern Lebanon since the...
Hate crime investigation sought into Iowa mosque vandalism
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A national Muslim civil rights group is calling for state and federal hate crime investigations into the vandalism last week of a northeastern Iowa mosque captured on the building’s security cameras. The video shows what appears to be a middle-aged woman...
Arizona synagogue and mosque vandalized in separate attacks
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man in connection with the vandalism of a Tucson synagogue and are investigating an unrelated attack at a local mosque. Detectives announced Wednesday they arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of aggravated criminal damage...
Vandalism threatening last runs of vintage NYC subway cars
NEW YORK (AP) — The celebratory last runs of vintage New York City subway cars could be in jeopardy because of vandalism. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced recently it would run one train of the 1960s-era R-32 cars on four successive Sundays beginning Dec. 19...
Native American KU students want a say in criminal cases
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Some Native American students at the University of Kansas want a say in criminal cases involving vandalism and thefts at the “Native Hosts” art exhibit. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that members of the First Nations Student Association have asked the...
Mural on Washington University campus defaced by vandals
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Washington University officials said a mural on campus that depicts prominent Black people was vandalized this weekend with racist symbols. Four top university officials, including Chancellor Andrew Martin, sent a letter to students and staff Sunday about the...
'Nutcracker,' train ice sculptures vandalized in Dover
DOVER, N.H. (AP) — A bunch of ice sculptures installed in Dover, New Hampshire, for the holiday season have been vandalized, and police are asking the public for their help as they investigate. The damaged sculptures include characters from “The Nutcracker" at a park that were...
Albuquerque police arrest 1 in vandalism of police station
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police officers went to a familiar location, the police department's own headquarters, to respond to a vandalism call early Wednesday. Officers found “extensive graffiti" covering the southern steps of the building, which also is home to the...
