Summary
Troutdale police Sgt. Steve Bevens said Monday night that officers discovered graffiti on the walls at Cherry Park Presbyterian Church, including swastikas, gang tags, the letters KKK and expletives targeted at Jews. Crews arrived Tuesday morning to clean up the spray paint.
Story Published: Feb 17, 2009 at 7:21 AM PST
Story Updated: Feb 17, 2009 at 9:04 AM PST
TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) - A Troutdale church burglarized several times in recent weeks has now been vandalized.
Troutdale police Sgt. Steve Bevens said Monday night that officers discovered graffiti on the walls at Cherry Park Presbyterian Church, including swastikas, gang tags, the letters KKK and expletives targeted at Jews.
Officers were also called to the Douglass Pioneer Cemetery, south of the church, where graffiti was spray-painted on several buildings and a monument stone that marks the entrance to the Jewish cemetery within Douglass Pioneer.
No arrests have been made, but Bevens says a witness reported seeing a teenager writing on a cemetery building earlier Monday.
Crews arrived Tuesday morning to clean up the spray paint.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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