Woman charged, accused of vandalizing stadium statues
Jill McIntyre
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- 54-year-old Jill McIntyre of Mukwonago faces two counts of criminal damage to property for allegedly vandalizing statues outside of Miller Park, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers.
McIntyre was charged on Thursday, September 5th. The criminal complaint indicates a witness say McIntyre "throw blue paint on the Bud Selig statue. She then observed the woman throw a substance later determined to be sheetrock on the 'Worker's Memorial' statue." McIntyre is also accused of spray painting the broadcast trailer of WTMJ radio. On the side of the studio she wrong in paint, "70,000, 70,000 dead, rape, murder, drugs, and killer."
When officers located McIntyre after the incident, she told officers she "spoke of people trying to sabotage her. She stated she did not like Bud Selig and that she wanted to let people know about him through her art." McIntyre told investigators she put "ice cream" on the other statues.
If convicted, McIntyre faces up to three-and-a-half years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
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