September 22, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
More charges have been filed against the three Greenbrook Park graffiti vandals for committing a similar crime at a local church.
According to Smithville Police Chief Mark Collins, the same trio who spray painted graffiti on the amphitheater and playground equipment at Greenbrook Park late Monday night or early Tuesday morning are accused of having done the same thing on the same night at the Bethlehem Community Church on Dry Creek Road.
19-year-old Daisy Morales and 19-year-old Alex Diaz Vidal each have been charged in this case with vandalism under $1,000. As with the Greenbrook Park episode, a juvenile was involved at the church and will be charged in a juvenile petition.
In the offense report, a member of the Bethlehem Community Church told police that sometime between 5 p.m. on Monday, September 19 and 9 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20 someone spray painted graffiti on the exterior walls of the church.
The investigation led to the same three who had entered the property of Greenbrook Park after hours the same night as the church incident.
For the Greenbrook Park offenses, Morales and Vidal are each charged with vandalism over $1,000 and burglary along with the juvenile. Both Morales and Vidal have been released on their own recognizance and will appear in General Sessions Court on October 6.
Greenbrook Park, which was closed Tuesday and Wednesday, has now been reopened.