Allyson Fairbanks, of Queens, charged with defacing Roosevelt statue during Mineola protest
A Queens woman faces charges after she threw a red liquid on a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in Mineola during a protest Saturday, Nassau police said.
The pro-Palestinian protest was underway about 2:30 p.m. outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building on Franklin Ave when Allyson Fairbanks, 60, threw a red colored liquid on the statute of the former U.S. president and Oyster Bay resident, police said.
Fairbanks fled the scene; the incident caused about $2,000 in damage, police said.
After an investigation, detectives located Fairbanks and placed her under arrest without incident. Police did not identify the liquid that caused the damage.
Fairbanks is charged with second-degree criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
A Queens woman faces charges after she threw a red liquid on a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt in Mineola during a protest Saturday, Nassau police said.
The pro-Palestinian protest was underway about 2:30 p.m. outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building on Franklin Ave when Allyson Fairbanks, 60, threw a red colored liquid on the statute of the former U.S. president and Oyster Bay resident, police said.
Fairbanks fled the scene; the incident caused about $2,000 in damage, police said.
After an investigation, detectives located Fairbanks and placed her under arrest without incident. Police did not identify the liquid that caused the damage.
Fairbanks is charged with second-degree criminal mischief and making graffiti, police said. She is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead.
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