Three Arlington teenagers will face criminal charges for racist and vulgar graffiti left on 17 vehicles over the weekend, police say.
On Saturday morning, several families in east and south Arlington woke up to find their cars vandalized, spray painted with obscene messages and images.
“Then it had KKK, then it had another foul word on the back,” Smith said pointing out the damage to his brother’s Ford F-150. “Then it had the N-word on the very back of the truck.” Police said surveillance video recorded by the victims and neighbors was critical in helping detectives connect the incidents and identify a"vehicle of interest."
Two of the suspects are juvenile teenage boys while the third is a 17-year-old legal adult. Arlington Police said criminal charges will be filed against all three once detectives determine the total amount of damage caused to the vehicles.
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