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Sudbury police have charged an 18-year-old male after a Conservative candidate’s campaign office was vandalized over the weekend.

White paint was splashed across the windows of Fred Slade’s campaign office, and a pentagram was painted on the sidewalk, police said. The words “DIE” and “EVIL EVIL” were also painted on the windows.

Police said the teen, whose name was not released, is charged with criminal harassment and mischief under $5,000.

Slade called the incident “very disturbing” and said he has run “a very clean ‘issue based’ campaign.”

“This is more than a prank and a possible threat to the safety of our volunteers which concerns me deeply,” he said in a statement. “For this reason, we shall investigate increasing security.”

The suspect is due in court Tuesday.

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