APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Grand Chute Police say they have received two reports of vandalism to the gravestone of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy.
“It was reported already on Monday, April 8 and they reported it again over the weekend,” said Grand Chute Community Resource Officer Travis Waas.
He says the gravestone was reported to have been vandalized with a form of graffiti and they are continuing to investigate the source.
“The graffiti was documented.”
Waas says they are checking to see if there is any surveillance video of the cemetery to help with the investigation.”
He says they will also look to see if there are any other incidents that they can link.
Former Senator McCarthy was a US Senator from 1947 to 1957 and was born in Grand Chute. He was known for voting conservative but not always following the Republican Party lines. McCarthy continued to make accusations of communist infiltration of the U. S. government and was known for the Army McCarthy hearings.
