3 Arrested for Spray Painting American Flags

Three 18-year-olds who vandalized American flags in a senior living community are now behind bars, according to the Oceanside Police Department.

Officers arrested Daniel Moran and Breanna Serrato on Tuesday. The pair implicated a third person, Reuben Jimenez, who was already in custody for an unrelated crime, police said.

Moran, Serrato and Jimenez are accused of defacing three American flags on July 18, two in a senior community on Rosemary Way and one on Mesa Drive.

The vandals wrote “F*** USA” in light blue spray paint on one of the flags.

The trio was caught on surveillance video at one location. Two young men are seen holding and spray painting Old Glory, while a young woman appears to take a photo with a cellphone.

Officers found “evidence consistent with the vandalism” when they arrested the suspects, according to OPD.

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