Teens who vandalized St. Patrick’s Cathedral amid George Floyd protests are arrested, police say
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two teenagers caught on video spray-painting the side of St. Patrick’s Cathedral during recent unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd were arrested.
Anaya Diaz, 18, of suburban Westchester County, and a 17-year-old girl whose name was withheld by New York City police, were charged Thursday with criminal mischief and making graffiti.
Police said the pair spray-painted the words, “F--k”, “BLM” -- for Black Lives Matter -- “NYPDK” and “No justice no peace” on the walls of the iconic cathedral in late May.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}New York City Police say surveillance cameras captured the pair vandalizing St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan in late May. (NYPD)
“Reward up to $2500. Seen them?" NYPD Crime Stoppers tweeted before the suspects were arrested this week.
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The archbishop of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, decried the graffiti – and the issue of defacing places of worship – in a ‘Fox & Friends’ interview Wednesday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}“It has a special violence to it when it is the house of worship that represents the noblest, uplifting sentiments in the human project, so that's a particular kick in the stomach,” Dolan said.
Fox News’ Joshua Nelson, Robert Gearty and the Associated Press contributed to this report.