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VOL. 35 | NO. 27 | Friday, July 8, 2011
Statewide
Warrant issued in state Capitol vandalism case
NASHVILLE (AP) — State officials have issued a warrant for a woman charged with spray painting graffiti on the state Capitol last month.
The Highway Patrol on Tuesday said in a news release that 37-year-old Barbara Ann Smith of Murfreesboro, Tenn., is charged with felony vandalism. She is currently jailed in Murfreesboro on unrelated vandalism charges.
On June 19, troopers found hand-drawn pentagrams on the exterior walls of the Capitol. The words "RIP TONY AL" and "WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE" were spray painted in black.
Surveillance video showed a hooded suspect near the scene.