Man arrested after hate-motivated symbol found on Kitchener building

A file image of a Waterloo Regional Police car.

A Kitchener man has been charged after a hate-motivated symbol was painted on the side of a building.

Waterloo Regional Police responded to a report about a suspicious person in the Walnut Street and Victoria Street area of Kitchener on Friday around 2:15 a.m.

When officers arrived, they said they found freshly sprayed graffiti on the side of a building, including an undisclosed hate-motivated symbol.

Officers said they located the suspicious person and he was arrested.

A 37-year-old Kitchener man has been charged with mischief under $5,000.