Arrest made in vandalism on WWII Korean Comfort Women Peace Monument in Glendale

Sunday, September 29, 2019
GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- An arrest was made Friday in the latest vandalism on the Korean Comfort Women Peace Monument in Glendale.

Surveillance video shows a woman vandalizing the monument in Glendale's Central Park Thursday.
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The statue, installed in 2013, represents the tens of thousands of Korean women forced to be sex slaves for the Japanese military during World War II.

Glendale police arrested 65-year old Jackie Rita Williams.
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Detectives were trying to determine whether Williams is responsible for other acts of vandalism in recent weeks along Colorado Street.
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