The City of Longmont called us for graffiti removal at Sandstone Ranch, a park a few miles outside of the city.

There was a big story on the CBS4 local news channel and in the Longmont Times Call newspaper about the large number of tags. Many of the rock faces were covered and the people who went there to visit nature were outraged.

By Karen Morfitt

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4) – Part of why many people love living in Colorado is spending time in our great outdoors.

Unfortunately, vandals changed the scenery in a favorite community park in Longmont.

Sandstone Ranch is located just a few miles from the heart of the city of Highway 119.

“It is an oasis right outside the city you can see eagles and hawks,” said one longtime resident. Last week he found his oasis covered in graffiti.

The sandstone cliffs that parallel trails throughout the park were covered with juvenile drawings and random phrases, some vulgar.

Vandals paint graffiti on rocks at Longmont’s Sandstone Ranch

By Mitchell Byars

Longmont police are investigating vandalism at Sandstone Ranch, where graffiti featuring phrases and symbols was scrawled across the rocks last week.

Police have not yet been able to identify a suspect or suspects, but Longmont police Cmdr. Joel Post said that if caught, the vandals could face criminal mischief charges depending on how much damage the graffiti is estimated to have caused.

Post said crews will work to remove the graffiti, but added that it “could be kind of tricky” because the paint is on sandstone.

We’ve worked with the City of Longmont for many years and when one of our managers saw the news, we knew they would be calling us about this graffiti removal job.

One of our crews spent most of the day removing the tags. When we were finished, the park was back to its original condition. You can see the pictures below.