Pair Busted For Ridgewood Funeral Graffiti
Shortly after attending memorial services for a notorious graffiti vandal, two alleged admirers defaced the funeral home and nearby property on a Ridgewood street Monday night, July 7, it was reported.
Law enforcement sources identified the duo as 19-year-old Jonathan Bornemann of Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City and 47-year-old Brian Alequin of Pearl Street in Manhattan.
Officers from the 104th Precinct, with the assistance of the 104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol, picked up the duo for the vandalism later that evening.
According to published reports, Bornemann and Alequin attended services on Monday night at Seneca Chapels, located at 494 Seneca Ave., for Jason Wulf, a known graffiti vandal with connections to Queens, who was fatally electrocuted last Wednesday, July 2, after touching the third rail near a Manhattan subway station.
At about 10:30 p.m. Monday night, law enforcement sources said, Bornemann and Alequin were observed putting graffiti stickers on Seneca Chapels’ exterior walls and onto a nearby Fire Department call box and a mailbox.
Several vehicles parked along Seneca Avenue were also defaced, according to published reports.
Volunteers from 104COP on patrol in the area observed the vandalism and attempted to stop the duo, who then fled into the Seneca Avenue M train station and boarded a Middle Village-bound train.
Police were alerted, and 104th Precinct officers collared Bornemann and Alequin after they departed at the Metropolitan Avenue station in Middle Village. Officers reportedly recovered black and red acrylic paint markers and stickers from both suspects.
The pair were charged with multiple counts of making graffiti, criminal mischief and possession of graffiti instruments, authorities noted.
Bornemann and Alequin were held on Wednesday, July 9, pending arraignment, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.
