READING, Pa. -- City workers in Reading have cleaned
spray-painted graffiti off five statues and monuments found vandalized during
the Memorial Day Weekend in City Park.
Public Works director Charles Jones said it took workers about an hour to
power wash the monuments.
Police Captain Edward Kosmerl discovered the graffiti on Monday on a police
memorial, a Christopher Columbus monument, a World War II memorial plaque and
statues of Reading industrialist Frederick Lauer and President William
McKinley.
Police said they have no leads but are continuing to investigate. Sgt. Michael
Mullen, a gang expert, said the markings appeared to have a signature. Mullen
said it was tagged, but he couldn't tell what it said.