Police have charged a Yarraville man they believe is responsible for the ‘Pam the Bird’ images that have been graffitied on landmarks across Melbourne.
The 21-year-old man was arrested on January 30 and is facing more than 50 charges including criminal damage, burglary, shop theft and theft of a motor vehicle.
In one of the most high-profile incidents, it’s alleged the man scaled and defaced the heritage listed Flinders Street Railway Station clock tower on July 10, 2024.
It’s alleged he is also responsible for graffiti plastered across the rail network as well as the ‘Cheese Stick’ column on CityLink, a television station building in Docklands and concrete silos in Geelong.
In the latest incident on January 20, graffiti was daubed across a hotel in South Wharf.
The total damage of the offending is estimated at more than $100,000.
The man has also been charged over an incident in Footscray where an allegedly stolen car was driven through the front window of a Barkly Street restaurant early on December 20, 2024.
Police executed search warrants on January 30 at addresses in Yarraville and Abbotsford, seizing numerous items including spray paint, illegal fireworks, abseiling equipment and property suspected to be the proceeds of crime.
Police also arrested a 39-year-old man from Abbotsford who has been charged with more than 20 criminal damage offences relating to the graffiti of suburban trains and the Docklands office building.
Both men have been remanded to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court later today.
