Latest Vandalism News

Topless women protesting the Ukraine war are detained for vandalizing sculpture near UN building

Dec. 13, 2024 08:37 AM EST

GENEVA (AP) — At least three feminist activists were detained on Friday after vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest Russia's war against Ukraine and what they see as the U.N.'s failure to stop the conflict. Two topless women with the group...

Vandals burn a car and spray graffiti in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Dec. 10, 2024 23:46 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vandals torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans including an apparently misspelled “Kill Israiel" on Wednesday in a Sydney suburb that is home to Australia's largest Jewish community. Officials condemned the attack as antisemitic. ...

Bah, humbug! Vandal smashes Ebenezer Scrooge's tombstone used in 'A Christmas Carol' movie

Nov. 25, 2024 21:25 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — If life imitates art, a vandal in the English countryside may be haunted by The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Police in the town of Shrewsbury are investigating how a tombstone that marked the fictional grave of Ebenezer Scrooge was destroyed. The movie prop used in...

NYC trio charged with hate crimes linked to pro-Palestinian vandalism of museum officials’ homes

Nov. 04, 2024 16:31 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been indicted on hate crimes charges in connection with red paint that was smeared on the homes of Brooklyn Museum officials during a wave of pro-Palestinian protests this summer, prosecutors announced Monday. Taylor Pelton, Samuel Seligson and...

2 people arrested after 200 minks are released from Pennsylvania farm

Oct. 20, 2024 13:22 PM EDT

SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — Two people are facing charges following the release of about 200 minks from cages at a central Pennsylvania fur farm. Most of the animals were recovered, according to an official, unlike a similar incident just over a year ago in which thousands of mink were...

Man is charged with hate crime for vandalizing Islamic center at Rutgers University

Oct. 10, 2024 14:06 PM EDT

A man accused of vandalizing an Islamic center at New Jersey’s flagship university on the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr has admitted to a hate crime, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Jacob Beacher, 24, of North Plainfield, now faces up to three years in prison when he is...