The Upper Moreland Police Department announced this afternoon that an 18-year-old Upper Moreland resident was arraigned on charges relating to the vandalism of the Upper Moreland Elementary School and adjacent properties earlier this month.

On March 10, police announced that the suspects used spray paint to “tag” the building and playground equipment “with swastikas and other vulgar words and drawings”. Superintendent Dr. Sue Elliot issued a statement shortly thereafter.

The arrested individual’s include multiple counts of institutional vandalism, criminal mischief, defiant trespass, simple trespass and possession of an instrument of crime, police said. Their identity has not been released at this time.

“The Upper Moreland Police Department wishes to thank the Upper Moreland Township School District for their assistance during the investigation and the community for their help in identifying the offender,” the department said in a statement.

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