Seven uptown businesses were found to be vandalized early Tuesday morning after two college-aged male visitors from Cleveland were caught with a can of spray paint.
Athens Police Department officers discovered seven uptown buildings vandalized after they caught two male, college-aged visitors from Cleveland with a can of spray paint, according to APD reports.
Officers saw the subjects running away from a house on South Congress Street at about 4:12 a.m. Wednesday, while a female yelled at them, according to a news release from APD.
The officers thought they were witnessing a burglary and chased after the subjects. They caught up to them in an alley behind 36 S. Congress St.
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One of the subjects then threw an object into the alley, which the officers found to be a can of spray paint.
The subjects said the female resident who had been yelling was a friend of theirs.
Officers identified the men, but did not charge them with any crimes. APD is currently investigating the situation.
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