The City of Greenville issued the following media release Monday.
Investigators are asking for the public’s help to identify the individual suspected of vandalizing Bernardo Oriental, one of the statues in the Wings of the City collection, located in Falls Park. Security cameras captured the attached images on Saturday, June 12.
At approximately 5:15 a.m., a golf cart, driven by what appears to be a white male, can be seen driving down Furman College Way. There is no one else in the golf cart. After parking the golf cart near the stone bridge, the suspect, who appears to be wearing a black hoodie, blue shorts and light-colored shoes, walks down to the statue, then comes back to the golf cart. He returns to the statue a second time, circling it for approximately one minute, then pushes the sculpture from its pedestal.
The suspect then jogs back across the stone bridge, gets in the golf cart and drives up Furman College Way toward the traffic circle. The suspect and the golf cart disappear from the view of the camera on Furman College Way at 5:20 a.m.
The individual in the attached photos is encouraged to turn himself in. Anyone with information about the suspect or the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME.