Three Graffiti Taggings Sunday

There were three reports of graffiti throughout town on Sunday. The taggings occurred at several spots around town.

Graffiti was found on the handball wall and a portible bathroom at Memorial Pool. A resident of the 20 block of Summit Court found graffiti on a vinyl fence surrounding their property. The third incident was a Panera Bread employee reporting graffiti on the men's bathroom stall in either red marker or red paint.

These are just the latest in a series of graffiti incidents around Westfield in the past several months. Past incidents include graffiti on the dugouts behind Edison Intermediate School, on band transport vehicles parked at Edison, on Baron's Drug Store downtown and on the walls of Jefferson School. A fence next to a playground at Lincoln School was also tagged with graffiti over the summer.

Police have said it is likely the graffiti is not connected and is a series of teenagers posting the taggings around town. A source in the Union County prosecutor's office said over the summer that the prosecutor monitors graffiti incidents around the county, in the case of gang related activity.