Goucher Junior, Maine Native, Arrested In Racist Graffiti Incidents

Racist graffiti was discovered again on the Goucher College campus Thursday morning. This time, school officials said it ended in an arrest.

School leaders sent a letter to the school community stating the incident involved hateful, threatening and racist graffiti, specifically anti-black and anti-latinx. It was found around 1:50 a.m. on the second floor. The graffiti was similar to that found two weeks ago in a bathroom on the first floor of the campus building. Students held a daylong protest after that graffiti was found.

Police on Friday said they arrested Fynn Ajani Arthur, 21, of the unit block of Spring Street in Brunswick, Maine, in connection with Thursday morning's graffiti, and believe the suspect is also responsible for the graffiti found Nov. 14. Arthur has been removed and banned from campus, pending adjudication through the college's student conduct process. He remains held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center pending a bail review hearing.

Arthur faces two counts of malicious destruction. Arthur, who was on Goucher's men's lacrosse roster last spring, was one of several students targeted and interviewed following the initial Nov. 14 incident. That's when a student found racially charged graffiti in a bathroom stall including a swastika, a racially motivated threat and the dormitory room numbers of three black male students.

Working with campus public safety personnel and agents from the FBI's Baltimore Field Office, police determined the same person was responsible for both incidents, and zeroed in on Arthur, who was arrested at around 6 p.m. Thursday.

School leaders said in a statement, "Once again, we strongly condemn this abhorrent hate crime that occurred in our community, and call on all community members to remain supportive and understanding of one another during this challenging time. We are thankful to all of those who dedicated their time and efforts to investigating and resolving this matter."