A former Hunter Huss student has been charged with defacing the high school. According to police, the teen spray-painted racial slurs on the ticket booth. Jesse Lee Funderburk, 17, of 4305 Linwood Road, Gastonia, was charged with injury to real property.
According to arrest records, a malicious racial phrase, suggesting killing all black babies, was spray painted in large white letters on the high school’s ticket booth at the football field. Police say a witness saw Funderburk leaving the school.
The witness called police and reported the tag number of the car. Gastonia Police later located Funderburk. According to arrest records, Funderburk admitted to spray painting the ticket booth.
Funderburk is a former student who left Hunter Huss last year, said Hunter Huss Principal Torben Ross said. “I’m just thankful the police did catch him and he was arrested,” Ross said.
The slurs were covered Sunday night, Ross said. School officials hope to have the spray paint gone completely by Tuesday.
Funderburk was released on a $2,500 secured bond Sunday after around two hours in custody.
You can reach reporter Lauren Baheri at 704-869-1842 or Twitter.com/lbaheri.
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