Graffiti Vandal Hits Three Village Center Shops

Greendale police are investigating graffiti on stores on the east side of Village Center on Broad Street.

There was a small, yellow spray-painted picture of a man on a motorcycle with a helmet and cape on back of the Greendale Visitor Center, a randomly spray-painted brick on the rear of Seasons of the Heart and a small, pink spray-painted picture of a girl holding some balloons with black spray paint over it on the back of Ferch’s.

The small pictures appeared as if a stencil has been used before they were spray- painted.

According to police, police were tipped off to the graffiti June 28, but it was believed to have been there for as many as three weeks.

It's not the first time Greendale has dealt with a graffiti-related issue in the last few months. In May, a boy's mother turned him in after police saw a surge in graffiti incidents. In December, someone "tagged" the historic hose tower building.