Boston police are investigating after the George Washington Statue in the city’s Public Garden was vandalized sometime before Saturday morning.
According to a police report, officers responded around 7:45 a.m. to the statue at Arlington Street and Commonwealth Avenue where they were met by the caller who notified them of the vandalism.
The caller told police he noticed around 7 a.m. that the statue had red spray paint lettering with splashes of white paint all over the granite base and on the steps around it.
He said he also saw a red spray paint can lid on the ground next to the stair steps, and that he grabbed the red lid and moved it to the pavement. Detectives collected it for evidence…