Police in New York City have arrested the man who allegedly defaced a Sep. 11 memorial located in Brooklyn's Coney Island section.
CBS New York reports that 58-year-old Elliot Baez smeared white paint over the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance early Friday morning. The memorial honors several NYPD officers, firefighters, Port Authority officers and a dog who died that day. The Daily Intelligencer adds that Baez seemed to focus on three specific emergency responders, particularly Officer Moira Smith.
According to CBS New York, police were able to track Baez down after someone who recognized him from the surveillance footage reached out to them. He was charged with criminal mischief.
[via CBS New York and Daily Intelligencer]
