ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – A man charged for spraying racist graffiti on two schools in the Affton School District appeared in court Friday.
A judge allowed Patrick Sloan out on a $2,500 bond into his father’s custody. Sloan was also ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device and to not make contact with any school.
Sloan is accused of targeting Affton High School and Rogers middle school earlier this month.
According to a probable cause statement from the St. Louis County Police Department, Sloan stole cans of black spray paint from a local hardware store on March 6. The following day, school officials at Affton High discovered swastikas and other offensive messages on the outside wall.
On the morning of March 12, officers were notified that similar messages were found spray-painted on the front facade of Rogers Middle, per the probable cause statement.
A preliminary hearing over Sloan’s criminal charges, which include two felony counts of second-degree property damage motivated by discrimination, is set for April 9.