They really aren’t playin’ at all in Delaware. But this guy got a bit too crazy and hit a church…consequences.

In the past month, graffiti tags such as SON and MAG scrawled in orange, silver, yellow or gold spray paint have been turning up on the sides of numerous businesses in Prices Corner, Belvedere and Christiana Hundred.

Investigators probing these acts of vandalism Thursday arrested the alleged vandal — a 21-year-old Newport man — and charged him with defacing more than a dozen area properties.

Following a raid at his home, state police charged Joseph T. Marro Jr. of the 500 block of Augustine St. with 10 counts of graffiti, one count of possession of graffiti tools, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of prescription drugs not in their original container.

Marro was released after posting $7,000 bail, state police Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh said.

During the search of his home, detectives confiscated a large bag of magnum markers, Sharpies and other markers in various colors commonly used to produce graffiti work, 13 grams of marijuana and a marijuana pipe.

Investigators also seized Marro’s computer and art work.

During questioning, Marro waived his rights, police said, and acknowledged that he was responsible for spray painting his tags, including SON, at these businesses:

•Cash Advance, 2000 Newport-Gap Pike.

•Boston Market, 3130 Kirkwood Highway.

•Jersey barrier, Del. 100 south of Del. 2.

•Celestial Church of Christ, 1110 Newport-Gap Pike, Belvedere. (WTF were you thinking?!!)

•McDonald’s in Midway Plaza, 4625 Kirkwood Highway.

•Ted’s Liquors, 1202 Newport-Gap Pike, Belvedere.

•7-Eleven, 298 S. Maryland Ave., north of Boxwood Road, Christiana Hundred.

•Deer Head Hot Dogs, 620 S. Maryland Ave., north of Boxwood Road, Christiana Hundred.

•The Centerville Road underpass at Del. 141 near Prices Corner.

•Pep Boys on Kirkwood Highway, Prices Corner.

•A billboard sign at Citgo, 3927 Kirkwood Highway.

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It really does seem to me that they’re just getting younger and younger.

Two children were arrested for allegedly causing a wave of graffiti in New Castle County dating back to August.

Police arrested a 13-year-old boy from West Fifth Street in New Castle on four charges of graffiti and a 15-year-old boy from Sweetbriar Lane in New Castle on three counts of graffiti.

The pair caused more than $2,100 worth of property damage across the county by leaving graffiti “tags,” or messages, on the roofs and sides of area buildings, said New Castle City Police spokesman Lt. Adam Brams.

“One of the kids’ reasoning behind this was he was bored,” Brams said. “The other didn’t give a reason.”

All of the offenses stem from crimes the pair are believed to have committed during August, but police believe the boys may be linked to other spots of graffiti spread across the city, Brams said. Police arrested the two after roughly a month and a half of investigating more than a half dozen tags. Each tag carried messages with words like “Reno” and “Once,” Brams said.

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Heads up!

A big crackdown is underway in Delaware tonight on what state officials say is an even bigger problem – graffiti.

It’s a new anti-graffiti strategy officially unveiled today, after various schools in New Castle County were defaced.

Graffiti is becoming a growing problem in Delaware and that’s why Delaware State Police are launching a campaign that will reward those who turn the taggers in.

State police and Crimestoppers hope new posters that read, “Turn in a tagger, get a hundred bucks,” help put an end to graffiti.

Cleaning up graffiti in Wilmington is a 35-thousand dollar expense … that’s ten thousand dollars more than the city was forced to spend last year. The graffiti on William Penn High School in New Castle will take four thousand dollars to clean.

Today state police announced the arrest seven juveniles for committing the crime.

Read More: Delaware Police Wage War on Graffiti