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"I didn’t vandalize anything," Hearn told the Washington Post last month.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

“We are asking the public to let us conduct our investigation and not to vandalize or damage anyone’s home,” said Officer Natalie Garcia, a Santa Ana police public information officer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025

Three years ago, a spate of incidents prompted lawmakers to stiffen laws penalizing those who vandalize Italy’s venerable cultural heritage.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

Last school year, several schools closed bathrooms because of a TikTok trend that encouraged students to vandalize and steal paper towel dispensers and fire alarms.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 26, 2023

“And yes, if they’re going to go through all the hassle to vandalize one of my books, you’d think they’d check their spelling.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

The bill upgrades the charge from a misdemeanor to a felony if someone vandalizes “any public monument or structure on public property.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021

In another tweet Tuesday, Trump said anyone who vandalizes or topples a statute could be charged under a federal law.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2020

Macron’s government has said it will crack down harder on unauthorized protests and get tougher on anyone who loots or vandalizes shops and monuments.

From Reuters ● Jan. 9, 2019

When Bart vandalizes a statue in the center of Springfield, he confesses to the whole town and is immediately forgiven.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2014

He draws in nail polish, sloshes gnarly ceramic sculptures with glaze, builds and vandalizes Formica plinths in mockery of Minimalism and makes street-wise, toxic-looking Rothkos, using black and fluorescent spray paint.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2010

Attorney Jeanine Pirro stepped to a lectern last month and evinced no doubt that her office would prove that a former Olympic canoeist, David Hearn, had vandalized the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Irvine police said it had responded to an altercation at the intersection of Michelson Drive and Carlson Avenue, the general area where the 13 Teslas had been vandalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Trump said on social media on 20 June that "work will begin immediately on fixing the seriously vandalized Reflecting Pool".

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Julie Menin, speaker of the New York City Council, wrote on social media that "multiple synagogues and private homes in Queens were vandalized overnight with swastikas and other antisemitic graffiti."

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Gunn made it a rule that there should be no retreat, that once a car was “reclaimed” it should never be allowed to be vandalized again.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

Earlier this month, Pirro drew the ire of President Trump when she dropped charges against former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, who had been accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The outages as well as regular shortages of food, medicine and other basics are spurring frustrations, with demonstrators vandalizing a provincial office of the Cuban Communist Party last weekend.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

Bass and other elected officials in Los Angeles have repeatedly asked protesters to remain nonviolent and refrain from spray-painting graffiti or otherwise vandalizing or burglarizing businesses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2025

On Thursday, British authorities charged a pair of climate change activists for vandalizing Stonehenge, a prehistoric megalithic structure on a chalk plateau known as the Salisbury Plain.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2024

In theory, the 30/500 rule serves as a safeguard since new users are more likely than experienced accounts to try vandalizing the page.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2024