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Brett Kuiken snapped a photo of the memorial honoring Jonathan Carlson, 17 of West Milford, and Victor Weinpel, 19 of Wanaque. covered in blue, green and yellow spray paint Wednesday.
Kuiken called the act disrespectful "not only to the boys who were lost, but also to their friends and family who came together to make the memorial, he said. "I hope you know that you just pissed a whole lot of people off."
The spray paint covered photos of Carlson and Weinpel, the dates of the death and their personal belongings. Two chairs were also destroyed and someone painted "no hope in dope" on the ground.
Kuiken's photo of the vandalism on Facebook garnered dozens of comments and shares.
"I went over there and seen it this morning before school, couldn’t believe what I saw," Jimmy Duffy said."[It] makes me sick."
"I didn’t know the boys but I’m horrified to see how disrespectful people can be," Pamela Kronenberg wrote. "I’m sorry for those grieving and I hope whoever made this memorial starts over and re-does it. Don’t let idiots destroy your memory."
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