Graffiti spree

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Graffiti is sprayed on a side wall of the Family Dollar Store in the Mexico Plaza.

Eileen M. Adams/Sun Journal

Graffiti is spray-painted on the wall of the underpass between the Mexico Town Office and the Mexico Public Library.

MEXICO — Police on Wednesday were looking for people who spray-painted five exterior walls in town sometime between midnight and the early morning of Nov. 1. They believe the same people spray-painted several buildings in Rumford during the same time.

Sgt. Roy Hodsdon said “3rd World” was sprayed in black paint on a fire station wall, on the underpass wall that connects the Town Office and library, on the porch of a Granite Street residence, and on the stop sign at Osgood and Mexico avenues.

Also, “3rd World” and a swastika were sprayed along an exterior wall of the Family Dollar Store in the Mexico Plaza, and on the abutment of the bridge that connects Mexico and Rumford.

At least two people took part in the vandalism because the handwriting differed slightly, Hodsdon said. 

He said his department was working with the Rumford Police Department on the incident. Anyone who saw anything associated with the spree is asked to call the Mexico Police Department at 364-5686.

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