Poughkeepsie man suspected of vandalism

Beacon police said on Friday (Sept. 27) they had arrested a Poughkeepsie man on suspicion of spray-painting multiple businesses on Main Street a week earlier.

Main Street graffiti
Some of the damage (Photo by Jeff Simms)

Richard Bulson, 40, was charged with three counts of criminal mischief and three counts of making graffiti, all misdemeanors.

Police said that a suspect spray-painted the buildings on Sept. 21 with large letters and that they identified a vehicle. An officer pulled the vehicle over on Sept. 27 and arrested Bulson, who was given a ticket to appear in Beacon City Court.

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