Campbelltown defacement rampage on Jun7 2009

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Four arrested over graffiti attacks: Cars, homes, street signs and businesses damaged at Campbelltown

Four men were arrested for graffiti attacks alleged to have targeted numerous residences and businesses in Sydney’s south-west.

About 1am today (7 June) Campbelltown police, as part of Operation Graffiti, were called to Sturt Street after reports of four males damaging street signs.

Police arrested a 17-year-old youth and three 19-year-olds who were taken to Camden Police Station and each were charged with two counts of malicious damage.

Cars, homes and signs along Sturt, Colonial, George and Hume Streets, as well as the Waminda Avenue Shops, were damaged by spray paint, costing thousands of dollars in cleanup.

Those in the local community who wake this morning to discover properties freshly damaged by graffiti to contact Campbelltown Police Station on (02) 4620-1199.


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