‘This is not just some harmless prank’: community center fence vandalized in Portsmouth

September 11, 2022 12:02 pm

Sam LaFrance,

John McDaid treasurer of the PDTC shared a photo of a vandalized fence, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.
John McDaid treasurer of the PDTC shared a photo of a vandalized fence, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.
John McDaid treasurer of the PDTC shared a photo of a vandalized fence, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022.

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (WLNE) — The Portsmouth Democratic Town Committee said that the fence of the Common Fence Point Community center was vandalized.

The community center is scheduled to be the location of the committee’s annual fundraiser Sunday.

Ahead of the event, messages reading, “Not welcome demon rats,” “LBQT Sodam + Gomra,” and “The Lord has spoken,” were spray-painted on the fence.

“This is not just some harmless prank. Defacing private property is a crime,” said committee chair Len Katzman.

Katzman said that Sunday’s event will go on as planned, and there will be a sheet where attendees can sign up to help clean the fence.

The committee said that they reported the vandalisms to the Portsmouth Police Department.

ABC 6 News reached out to Portsmouth police for more information.

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