Report: Vandals leave graffiti on oceanfront buildings, trash ca - WMBFNews.com, Myrtle Beach/Florence SC, Weather

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Police in Myrtle Beach are investigating after reporting a string of oceanfront businesses were vandalized overnight.

And incident reports state city property was victim too. In five different incidents, found between 10:15 p.m. Monday night and 12:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, police found several words painted on the front walls of buildings and the sides of trash cans with orange paint.

The first incident was reported at the Windsurfer Motel on the 200 block of North Ocean Boulevard where someone noticed the word "smoke" graphitized on the wall.

Police later discovered that same orange paint on city trash cans on First Avenue South and the front wall of the Oceans One Hotel, MVS Enterprises and the Sea Gypsy Motor Inns.

Each time the assumed vandals left messages such as "smoke" or "blaze."

No suspects or motive were listed in the reports.

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