An 18-year-old has been charged with spray-painting racist graffiti on two schools in the Affton School District within the past week. The suspect, Patrick Sloan of Affton, is accused of targeting Affton High School and,

The suspect’s mom talks about her son's arrest after he faces two counts of property damage motivated by discrimination. Investigators believe Patrick Sloan, 18, spray-painted racial slurs, swastikas and threatening messages on the outside walls of Rogers Middle School and Affton High School.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Prosecutors on Thursday charged a former Affton School District student with property damage in connection with racist messages painted outside two Affton school buildings. Patrick Sloan, 18, is charged with two felonies of second-degree property damage motivated by discrimination. His bond is $25,000.