Graffiti at Picnic Point

• Incident date: July 29, 2014, 12:00 pm
• Incident type: Graffiti
• Location/address: Picnic Point

On Wednesday, July 30, the UW-Madison Police Department was contacted by campus staff regarding graffiti at Picnic Point, along the Lake Mendota shoreline.

Upon arrival, officers located the graffiti — numerous tags were sprayed on one of the fire pits. Damage is estimated to be more than $1,500.

It’s believed the tagging (pictured below) took place sometime between Monday afternoon and Tuesday afternoon.  Anyone with information — or anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Picnic Point area during that time frame — is asked to call the UW-Madison Police Department at (608) 264-COPS.