Gang graffiti has Goshen residents afraid

by Ed Ernstes (ernstes@wsbt.com)

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Graffiti was recently spray-painted on more than two dozen signs and buildings in one neighborhood and two apartment complexes in Goshen.

Graffiti was recently spray-painted on more than two dozen signs and buildings in one neighborhood and two apartment complexes in Goshen. (WSBT photo)

By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Apr 8, 2008 at 4:38 PM EST

Story Updated: Apr 12, 2008 at 5:55 PM EST

GOSHEN — New cases of gang graffiti are stirring up concern in Goshen. Vandals hit more than two dozen signs and buildings in one neighborhood and two apartment complexes. Many residents say they don't feel safe.

"This just makes you afraid,” one resident told WSBT News. “It is all over.”

Many homeowners in a mobile home park on Goshen's west side share those feelings after they found a rash of gang graffiti in their neighborhood.

Across the street from the park, several buildings in an apartment complex were also hit.

Several residents said this is the first time they've had to deal with this problem and that they're not quite sure what to make of it.

"It’s the talk of the neighbors, it’s the talk of whole Goshen,” a resident said. “We don't want things like this to happen. So we're afraid to be here." “You don't know who it is, where they are or if they're going to hurt you."

"It makes you feel uneasy, that you aren't safe,” agreed another resident.

"Well we have lived here for 30 years and I've never seen anything like this,” another resident said. “In fact it makes me afraid."

"I’m certainly not going to say it’s never happened out there,” said Goshen Police officer Joe Brown. “But certainly it is rather unusual and certainly it is unusual to the amount of graffiti that they have received."

Some residents are hoping it was a one time occurrence. Others are not so sure.

“I think its going to get worse, a lot worse.”

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