San Angelo Couple Indicted for %$#@! Graffiti on Elementary School

SAN ANGELO— A San Angelo couple has been indicted in Tom Green County for painting sexually charged images and explicit language on a San Angelo elementary school.

Hector Leroy Gonzalez, 21, and Justice Guthrie, 19, were indicted by a Tom Green County grand jury for marking Graffiti on a Monument, Place of Worship, Burial Marker, or School.

The indictment follows the arrest of the pair back in January.  Here are details from that arrest report.  On January 3, 2023, San Angelo police were dispatched to Bradford Elementary, located at 2302 Bradford Street, in response to a criminal mischief call. Officers met with a Bradford school official on scene and collected evidence that the school had a significant number of markings on the walls, playground equipment, pillars, billboard sign, and playground. The marking included sexually provocative images of male genitalia and explicit language.

The estimated cost of the damage was documented at $15,500 for this incident.

On January 9, 2023, investigators met with the same Bradford school official who observed surveillance footage and said she was unfamiliar with the female suspect, who was identified as Guthrie. The school official said she was able to identify the male suspect as Gonzalez as she observed him picking up a student from the school.

Investigators collected and reviewed surveillance footage from the scene and observed both Guthrie and Gonzalez on video with what appeared to be a black marker alongside each other, marking various spots around the school.

Both Gonzalez and Guthrie were confirmed to be the suspects after they were positively identified through the San Angelo police database. They were both booked into the Tom Green County Jail on January 10, 2023, for marking Graffiti on a School. Guthrie and Gonzalez both posted their $7,500 bonds on January 31, 2023, and January 13, 2023, respectively.

Marking a school, place of worship, monument, or burial site with graffiti is a state jail felony and carries a possible punishment of six months to two years in jail and a possible fine of $10,000.