Police are encouraging community members with information regarding the recent vandalism of a fence in Urquart Street, Carisbrook to come forward.
It’s believed that between 6 pm on Monday, August 10 and 6.10 pm on Tuesday, August 11, an unknown person has used black spray paint to graffiti along the entire fence line of an address in Urquart Street.
Maryborough Police Leading Senior Constable David Scott said the incident is “disappointing”, particularly for the property owner.
“It’s disappointing for people who keep their properties in a nice, neat condition and have a bit of pride in their place,” he said.
“If you look at how the nature strip is mowed and maintained it’s clear this property owner does have some pride in their property so it’s certainly disappointing.”
While it’s unclear how much it will cost to remove the graffiti, the Central Goldfields Shire Council spends between $20,000 and $25,000 each year cleaning up or fixing graffiti and chief administrator Noel Harvey said each incident is “disheartening” for the community.
“It is very disappointing to see private and public facilities vandalised. The property that is being damaged belongs to someone or it’s for the whole community to enjoy so seeing graffiti on our buildings is really disheartening,” he said.
“I encourage all of our residents to take pride in our shire and take care of our public facilities and other people’s property.”
Led Sen Con Scott encouraged any community members with information about the incident to get in touch with local police on 5460-3300 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
“We’re absolutely encouraging anyone with information to get in touch, if anyone knows of someone who’s had a black can of spray paint lately and something is a bit awry, it would be nice to nip it in the bud,” he said.
To report graffiti or vandalism to council, visit www.centralgoldfields.vic.gov.au/reportaproblem and fill in the online form, email mail@cgoldshire.vic. gov.au or call the Customer Service Centre on 5461-0610 during regular business hours.