Crime & Safety

Anti-Trump Graffiti Vandal To Pay For Damages

Evan Brown will pay nearly $10,000 for spray painting anti-Trump graffiti on a Chestnut Hill grocery store in November.

CHESTNUT HILL, PHILADELPHIA – The man who spray painted anti-Trump graffiti on a Chestnut Hill grocery store in November last year has reportedly agreed to pay for damages incurred by the vandalism.

Evan Brown, 33, of Brooklyn, New York, struck a deal with the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office to foot the bill for the nearly thousands of dollars in damages he caused in the early hours of Nov. 25 last year.

The total bill for defacing the Fresh Market store comes to $9,645 which includes court costs, at $85 a month, according to court records

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Brown will also be performing 100 hours of community service with the Chestnut Hill Business Improvement District and write a formal apology letter to the Fresh Market.

Brown was arrested on Dec. 11 on the Unit block of West Southampton Street without incident and charged with possession of an instrument of crime and criminal mischief in connected with the anti-Trump graffiti.

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Duncan Lloyd, the other man involved in the vandalism, will keep his job as an assistant Philadelphia solicitor in the city's law department and not face charges.

Lloyd was caught on camera seen taking photos of the vandalism once it was done. He was not seen committing vandalism.

Lloyd was placed on a two-week unpaid leave since he turned himself in after the Philadelphia Police released the security footage, where Lloyd and allegedly Brown are seen at the store.

The city's GOP called for Lloyd's firing in a blistering statement shortly after it was announced Lloyd was one of the two men in the video.

Lloyd will undergo 40 hours of community service with the city’s Community Life Improvement Program
specifically the Graffiti Abatement Team.

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