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At approximately 3:16 pm, the Freetown Police Department responded to Profile Rock for reports of two individuals spray painting Profile Rock. A hiker who was enjoying the state park witnessed the individuals spray painting graffiti markings with multiple colors of spray paint. The hiker immediately notified law enforcement officials.
Sergeant Elton Ashley III, Officer Patrick Lee, Officer Christopher Medeiros from the Freetown Police Department along with Environmental Police Officer Eamonn Mullaly responded to the area and caught the two individuals in the act.
Officers recovered multiple cans of colored spray paint at the scene which matched the paint on the rocks as well as on the two individuals.
Casey Ortiz, age 18, from Plymouth and Michael Paton, age 29, from Plymouth were arrested by the Environmental Police and transported to the Freetown Police Department for booking. Ortiz and Paton will be arraigned tomorrow at the Fall River Justice Center for Defacement of Property and Tagging.
Bristol County Sheriff’s Department who removed graffiti paint from the site on April 24th, 2017 will be contacted to remove the recent vandalism.
Thanks for wasting tax dollars on these hardened criminals.