OLDMANS TWP.

— Several reports of graffiti are being investigated by state police after members of the community found monkey faces painted on buildings and bridges across the rural township.

State police from the Woodstown Barracks said that many locations had been “tagged” with graffiti on Saturday night. The graffiti included the face of a monkey and sometimes, in addition to the monkey face, the numbers “215.”

Police said that the J.E. Berkowitz building on Straughens Mill Road, the PolyOne Distribution Center on Porcupine Road, the Logan Volunteer Fire Co. Firehouse and the Hudson United Methodist Church, both on Railroad Avenue, were defaced with the graffiti.

The new Pedricktown Bridge over Oldmans Creek, on Mill Street and the bridge over Beaver Creek on Straughens Mill Road, some private residential homes, vehicles, outbuildings, street signs and other public property such as electrical boxes were also painted with the monkey head image.

Oldmans Township Deputy Mayor Harry Moore said Wednesday that he was appalled by the graffiti.

“The people who did it obviously have no morals,” Moore said. “It’s a shame.”

A state police trooper said that they were initially alerted about the graffiti on Saturday night after a resident reported that their car had been spray-painted with large pink swirls.

Following that report, the police were met with many other calls of the spray-paint on buildings, vehicles and homes.

Monkey faces, numbers, and some indistinguishable words were seen painted in blue, pink, and black spray paint.

State police believed that the suspects used a stencil to paint the various sites with the monkey image.

Moore said that there was a previous incident involving graffiti in the town a few years ago and that police quickly responded and charged the guilty party.

State police said that they are currently investigating the recent public defamation and that they will continue to search for the guilty parties.

If you have any information regarding the incident, please contact state police from the Woodstown Barracks at

(856) 769-0775

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