GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A Green Bay business has been hit by COVID-19 related vandalism.
Greg Ness, owner of Ness Auto Center on W. Mason St. said he arrived for work Wednesday morning to find the following message spray painted on the side of his building, “COVID-19 is a lie.”
“Well like I said, I’m upset about it because you don’t see where anybody is benefiting from this and yet it’s going to cost me money and different things to get my building back and cleaned up again and I don’t think these vandals understand the reaction of what happens when they do this,” he told Fox 11 Online.
Ness says business is slow but he’s been open to keep vehicles going for essential workers and to keep his employees afloat.
“But I didn’t expect them to be spending half their day trying to clean off my wall here,” Ness said.
Unfortunately, Ness’ business wasn’t the only property vandalized.
Green Bay police say they are investigating a number of graffiti complaints reported in the last month, including one at Main Oriental Market.