Corowa Police Sergeant Steve Marshall is not impressed with the recent spate of graffiti attacks in Corowa and is determined the culprits will be apprehended.
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Ian Johnson
“We know who they are, and we will be coming to get them.”
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Sgt Steve Marshall from Corowa Police is not mincing his words in relation to a spate of graffiti attacks across town last week.
“We will be speaking to their friends and getting evidence against them,” Sgt Marshall said.
“I will be getting every skerrick of CCTV in this town, even if I have to go door to door, but I’m appealing to the community to make our life a little bit easier.
“Come to us, show us what you’ve got, and let’s see if we can put these people where they need to go.”
All businesses in Sanger Street, Bow Street and in the vicinity of the skate park are asked to check their CCTV between 3am – 4am on the morning of Friday, August 7.
The latest round of graffiti attacks features tags by the ‘Reaper’ and ‘Jonesy’.
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Ian Johnson
Corowa Police believe up to four people are involved, leaving the tags ‘Z money’, ‘Jonesy’, and ‘Reaper’ at the skate park, and on rubbish bins and businesses up and down Sanger St.
It is alleged they also broke into and vandalised a house in what Sgt Marshall called a “needless and senseless attack on the town”.
He said this is not the first attack, as more of the same tags already existed in multiple locations around town from several months ago.
“Two people have been captured on CCTV,” Sgt Marshall said.
“One can be described as a male, about 180cm tall, medium build, wearing a grey puffer jacket with a hoodie and black shoulders, and the other we believe is a female with a black hoodie and black tracksuit pants.
“We followed those tags and received further complaints from the skate park committee that they were also (there) on top of the existing ones.”
Every rubbish bin along the length of Sanger St was tagged last Friday morning.
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Ian Johnson
Police believe they know who committed these offenses, however, they're calling for businesses in the Sanger St, Bow St, and skate park areas to look at their CCTV footage around those times and see if they've captured anyone committing these offenses.
A further report was received on Sunday that a Corowa property listed for sale had been broken into, with the sign at the front of the premises and several of the rooms inside vandalised with tags of ‘Z money’ and ‘Jonesy’.
“To say the least, police are ropeable with this needless, senseless behavior,” Sgt Marshall said.
Sgt Marshall is appealing to any young people in Corowa to step up, show some community pride and nominate those responsible.
A house in Corowa, which is up for sale and currently under offer, was broken into and vandalised on the weekend.
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