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Graffitti vandals frustrate business ownerby Marie Saavedra, KY3 News
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SPRINGFIELD -- Since the 1960s, Evelyn Silver's built her family's business around a building near Glenstone Avenue at Cherry Street. In the last few years, she says, a group of spray paint-happy hoodlums has hurt that pride.
"They did the biggest portion of it one night and then, at the far end, they did it another night, three nights later," said Silver. "It's just asinine, it really is." What makes it worse is she feels she can't get rid of it. "I would love to have it off but, if I take it off, it's going to satisfy them to come back and do it again," she said. It's a fear likely shared by several in Springfield. This map shows the number of recent vandalism cases spread out through the city.
Springfield police count 667 reports made in the last 90 days. That breaks down to 52 a week, and seven a day. Detectives say one of those responsible is 17-year-old Taphas Hall, charged last week with spray-painting a car belonging to Maschino's on South Campbell Avenue. This is the second time that Hall has faced charges for graffiti in Greene County. "It just makes south town look bad. It makes our city look bad," said Silver. She expects more. "They need to have a job or be doing something constructive instead of destroying other people's property," she said. Most PopularMore Good StuffAdvertisement
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