A Utica church did its best to clean a statue that was defaced with graffiti over the weekend.
Police are still searching for a suspect.
Sprayed hate filledgrac statue.
The statue of jesus in front of saint louis gonzaga maronite catholic church on rutger street in utica.....has since been cleaned or painted over.
This is a look at the statue this morning.
This is what it looked like before.
A swastika was painted on the chest of jesus and red paint also sprayed all over the face of the statue.
Utica police say they are looking into when this may have happened, and who did it.
They're asking anyone with information to call them at (315) 223-3464 the person or persons responsible could face charges of aggravated harrassment.
New york state attorney general letitia james says she is
The statue of Christopher Columbus on Memorial Parkway in Utica was vandalized with the word 'killer.'
A religious statue in front of Saint Louis Gonzaga Church was defaced with a red swastika.