Monday, June 22, 2009

Graffiti Artist Nabbed

Last month, in this post, I posted a picture of a large graffiti mural on the Verizon building on Oakland Mills Road in Columbia this spring. Today I received the following email from Councilperson Dr. Calvin Ball:

"On your blog, you as well as others have shared concerns regarding the graffiti mural on the Verizon building located on Oakland Mills Road. After sharing your concerns with the Howard County Police Department, an investigation was underway. With the assistance of Oakland Mills High School administrators and the Oakland Mills High School Resource Officer, a juvenile suspect was interviewed and was subsequently charged with destruction of property.

The Verizon Supervisor has been contacted to have the graffiti removed from the building. We were assured that it would be removed within the week.
"

Thanks Doctor C. Maybe we’re not so much like Brooklyn after all.

UPDATE 4:38 PM: It seems as if the Verizon facilities folks are on top of things. I just drove by the building and its already been cleaned up.