A UF student took part in spray-painting graffiti, which included the words “F--- Gainsvile (sic),” onto the wall of an Alachua County building downtown early Wednesday, Gainesville Police said.
Marta Semeao Rebeiro, 19, was arrested with Kaden Charles Rhoades, 20, at about 1 a.m. for vandalizing the Alachua County Administration Building, according to an arrest report. A man witnessed the pair spray-painting on the building and told police, according to the report.
Police found multiple markings on the southwest and southeast corners of the office, located at 12 SE First St., according to the report. They also found the empty spray can the witness said Rhoades dropped when he finished marking up the building, police said.
On the southwest corner of the building, the pair wrote an expletive and spelled Gainesville incorrectly in black spray paint on the red brick wall. “I am Inim” was written on an electrical box, and “No means no,” was written twice on the building’s southeast corner, according to the report.
When police arrested Rhoades, Rebeiro came up to them and said he had nothing to do with the graffiti, according to the report. She took responsibility for the spray-painting and took police to where she said she had marked the building. She did not point to the markings the witness saw Rhoades making, police said.
Police estimated the damages to be less than $1,000, according to the report.
John Hines, a UF spokesperson, wrote in an email Rebeiro is a UF linguistics junior.
After their arrests, Rhoades refused to answer questions and told police he was going to Colorado the next day. Rebeiro took responsibility for the graffiti.
They were both charged with criminal mischief and taken to the Alachua County Jail where they were released on their own recognizance Wednesday afternoon.
Neither could be reached for comment.
Contact Robert Lewis at rlewis@alligator.org. Follow him on Twitter at @Lewis__Robert.
A UF student spray-painted "I AM INIM" onto the wall of an Alachua County building downtown early Wednesday.
