Crime & Safety

Boy Charged In Anti-Trump, BLM Graffiti Vandalism: Bel Air Police

An arrest was made within two days of the graffiti being reported, accordng to the Bel Air Police Department.

A boy was charged with four counts of malicious destruction of property, police reported Wednesday.
A boy was charged with four counts of malicious destruction of property, police reported Wednesday. (Bel Air Police Department)

BEL AIR, MD — Police said a juvenile was charged in connection with rash of anti-Trump and Black Lives Matter graffiti in a Bel Air neighborhood.

Homes and a campaign sign were vandalized Monday morning in the Majors Choice area with black spray-paint., according to the Bel Air Police Department.

Officers were called around 6:30 a.m. for reports of vandalism and found through an area canvass that four homes had been hit on Benjamin Road, Benjamin Court and North Shamrock Road.

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A boy was charged with four counts of malicious destruction of property, police reported Wednesday.

The Bel Air Police Department thanked the citizens and Harford County Sheriff's Office for their support during the investigation.

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