Man confesses to spray painting wall in Atwater

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral who confessed to spray coating a partition successful Atwater connected Monday has been arrested, the California Highway Patrol said.

Just aft midnight connected Sunday, July 28, officers responded to a study of progressive vandalism on Highway 99 astatine the westbound Atwater overcrossing. When officers arrived, they recovered a antheral actively spray coating a wall. He fled from the country aft officers switched connected their exigency lights.

CHP said the antheral jumped a guardrail with a woman. An serviceman detained the pistillate portion further CHP units arrived. The antheral was aboriginal recovered by Atwater Police adjacent Olive Avenue; CHP says helium confessed to the vandalism.

CHP said the man's backpack, which was near down astatine the scene, contained respective cans of spray overgarment and a graffiti sketch matching the tag connected the wall.

The pistillate was cited and released for an unrelated warrant.