An 18-year-old Portsmouth man accused of making hate-motivated graffiti has turned himself in to police on criminal charges, authorities announced Friday.
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Police say Lauren Faulkner was charged Thursday with 31 counts of criminal mischief and hate-motivated criminal mischief in a February 2023 graffiti attack that targeted religious sites and other communities. arrested. He was released on bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in June. It is unclear at this time whether he is represented by an attorney. No phone number was listed with his name.
Lauren Faulkner, 18, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, turned herself in to police on 31 charges stemming from a hate-motivated graffiti incident in 2023. (Fox News)
Last year, Attorney General John Formella ordered Faulkner, who was 17 at the time, to violate businesses, homes, houses of worship and other places that support the LGBTQ+ community, religious practices that conflict with his beliefs, or people of a different race. filed a civil suit for targeting the . In March, it was announced that he would pay a fine and complete 200 hours of community service to resolve charges of 21 violations of New Hampshire civil rights law. These included acts of anti-Semitic, homophobic, and racist vandalism that damaged numerous properties across the country. City.
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Vandalism included destroying a rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flag, spray painting a swastika and cross at Temple Israel, a Jewish Star of David at St. John’s Episcopal Church, and defacing the church’s Black Heritage Trail sign. This included damaging and destroying signs and murals depicting black culture. Support for diversity and Black Lives Matter.
