Police Log: Vandals Strike Buildings with Graffiti, Broken Windows

A string of vandalism cases cropped up in town over the last week, with two separate graffiti incidents among them.

The first such occurrence took place on June 28. According to reports, police were dispatched to The Potters Shop at 11 a.m. The reporting party met with officers and showed them that someone had tagged the corner of the building with graffiti near the loading dock.

The tag was done in red marker, the same color used on another tag that was written on a Potters Shop door a few weeks ago.

Police observed another graffiti incident around 40 minutes later when Officers Timothy Dooher and Leo Schlittler were on foot patrol in the Rosemary Woods. Fresh tagging was observed on the building at Camp Malcom and empty spray paint cans were found on the ground in the vicinity.

Photos were taken of the graffiti, which Officer Dooher called "quite significant."

That same day, June 28, police were called to Mitchell Elementary School at 3:50 p.m. for an alarm that was sounding. In checking the building, police found two broken windows on the side of the building facing the playground.

Officers contacted the Department of Public Works to have the windows fixed as they posed a security issue.

In another bout of vandalism, the Needham Police Department was notified on June 29 of an egging at 55 Lynn Rd. Most of the eggs had been cleaned upon officers' arrival, but the homeowner estimated that 12 eggs had been thrown altogether at the garage and front porch.