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Police said last week they believed they were on the verge of arresting the man who was caught on camera brazenly tagging the new Wellsford toilets in broad daylight on October 6.
A video showing the man parked outside the toilets, fetching a spray can from the back of the silver vehicle he was driving and spraying white paint all over the walls prompted outrage on social media, not only at his sheer nerve, but also his age. Many commenters were shocked that, contrary to general expectations, he wasn’t a youth, but appeared to be middle-aged.
As well as clear footage of the perpetrator and what he was doing, the video also showed the vehicle’s licence plate.
Police said at the time they were grateful for the information as it gave them a good line of enquiry to follow, and on Thursday last week (October 19), added that they had since made “positive enquiries in this matter”.
“Thanks to the public’s help, we now believe we have identified the man responsible,” a spokesperson said.
“We expect that he will soon be taken into custody and we are preparing charges.”
