Police investigating swastikas painted in Monongahela
Christopher Buckley|蘑菇视频
Monongahela police Chief Brian Tempest said police are investigating several acts of vandalism in the city, like the swastika spray-painted on this house on Third Street.
Holly Tonini
A house on the corner of 1st and Indiana in Monongahela shows signs of recent vandalism that occurred over the weekend.
Holly Tonini
A car on Ann Street in Monongahela has a spray painted line on the driver side door. Several cars and homes were vandalized over the weekend.
One of the stone monuments at the entrance to Mounds Park has been one of numerous items tagged by vandals in the area of Monon-gahela.
Monongahela police are seeking five juveniles who they say spray-painted eight cars and four structures in the city, two with swastikas.
The youths were seen on a surveillance tape recorded on Union Street at about 4 a.m. Sunday. The youths are seen trying to open the doors of several parked cars, then pulling out red spray paint.
Monongahela police Chief Brian Tempest said eight cars were defaced on Union, Elmira and Ann streets in the Mounds section of the city. In addition, a swastika was painted on one house and the youths apparently attempted to paint another of the symbols of Nazi hatred on another home.
The word 鈥淐hrist鈥� was painted on another home and a sexual profanity was painted on the brick of a memorial that denoted the construction of The Mounds ball field in 1954.
Tempest though said the vandalism appeared to be random and doubted the youths knew the significance of the symbol.
Tempest said police are seeking help from the public in identifying suspects. Anyone with information is asked to call Monongahela police at 724-258-5511 or 911.
鈥淚 feel confident we鈥檙e going to catch who did this,鈥� Tempest said.