Man arrested after hate-motivated symbol found on Kitchener building
A file image of a Waterloo Regional Police car.
A Kitchener man has been charged after a hate-motivated symbol was painted on the side of a building.
Waterloo Regional Police responded to a report about a suspicious person in the Walnut Street and Victoria Street area of Kitchener on Friday around 2:15 a.m.
When officers arrived, they said they found freshly sprayed graffiti on the side of a building, including an undisclosed hate-motivated symbol.
Officers said they located the suspicious person and he was arrested.
A 37-year-old Kitchener man has been charged with mischief under $5,000.
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