WASHINGTON – An Anne Arundel County man has been arrested on charges that he spray-painted threatening messages aimed at police on buildings and signs in the Brooklyn Park area of the county.
Zachary A. Shanor, 26, of Brooklyn Park, is charged with six counts of malicious destruction of property and was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.
One of the spray-painted messages was several hundred feet from Shanor’s home, according to Anne Arundel County police.
Investigators identified Shanor as the culprit from surveillance camera footage and help from community members.
The first vandalism was reported Tuesday morning at the Ritchie Highway Shopping Center. The spray-painted message said “Killing AAC Cops Coming Soon” and was found on three separate walls of the shopping center. Another spray-painted message, reading “Kill Cops,” was found on a Hammonds Lane directional sign, police say.
Police say Shanor admitted to the vandalism during an interview with detectives.
