Residents in a private Hilton Head Island neighborhood found a swastika painted on the roadway late last month, according to Beaufort County police.
The graffiti had already been painted over when deputies responded to the scene in Spanish Wells the morning of May 26, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office incident report. Police noted there were “multiple areas” that appeared to have been covered with paint in the area of Widewater Road, where the Nazi symbol was reportedly found.
A property manager for Spanish Wells told deputies she was unsure when the swastika was painted but assumed it happened either May 24 or 25 based off emails she received from residents, the report says. She did not want to press charges for the graffiti, according to the report, but said she sent out a mass email to see if neighbors had caught the vandal on camera…