Sandy Plains Elementary, Mark Building Company Vandalized with Graffiti

After a business and elementary school in Dundalk were recently vandalized with offensive graffiti, Baltimore County police say they are now investigating whether the incidents are related.

Graffiti was spray-painted on several signs at the Mark Building Company sometime between 10:30 p.m. on March 29 and 10 a.m. on March 30, according to a report from the North Point precinct of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Police classified the vandalism at the Mark Building Company at Lynch and Case roads as a "bias incident," meaning the graffiti may have a connection to racial, religious, ethnic or sexual orientation.

Another bias incident, approximately one mile away, was reported March 28.

Police said that Sandy Plains Elementary School was vandalized with graffiti on doors and the ground.

A swastika was spray-painted on one of the doors, and a star and smiley face were painted on the ground, according to a report from the North Point precinct.

Police said that property at the school in the 8300 block of Kavanagh Road was spray-painted sometime between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. on March 28.

"We are looking at the possibility that they are connected," Cathy Batton, spokeswoman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said on April 4.