VBT male cited for spray painting ‘Kill Cops’ graffiti on sign

A 40-year-old male resident of Van Buren Township was cited for malicious destruction of property on July 2 after spray-painting “Kill Cops” on the brick base of the Menards’ sign on Belleville Road.
Police Lt. Kenneth Floro said at about 2:30 p.m. on July 2 the Van Buren Township Police Department received a non-emergency call in reference to a person damaging the Menard’s sign.
The caller reported that a white male subject with long curly hair and a beard, with a black backpack wearing black pants and Bat Man emblems on the pants was spray painting the Menard’s sign on Belleville Road.
The caller further advised that the male subject spray painted the phrase “Kill Cops” on the brick base of the sign.
Lt. Floro said Van Buren Officers had observed the male subject several times earlier in the day walking on Belleville Road and the male subject displayed derogatory hand gestures toward the officers.
Floro said it should be noted that there have been other malicious destruction of property reports with identical “Kill Cops” graffiti painted on buildings in the township over the last few weeks.
Officers located a male subject, wearing a black backpack and carrying a white bag, that matched the suspect description precisely, walking westbound on the North I-94 Service Drive near Quirk Road.
The male subject was in possession of three cans of spray paint and he was taken into custody by officers for malicious destruction of property.
The suspect was issued a citation for malicious destruction of property, formally processed on the charges, and released from the Van Buren Township police station.