CAPE CORAL, Fla. —
A Cape Coral man was arrested on Tuesday after being accused of drawing a swastika on a sign in Governor-elect Byron Donalds’ parking spot in Lee County.
According to the Cape Coral Police Department arrest report, officers responded to the Lee County Tax Collector’s Office, located at 1039 Southeast 9th Avenue in Cape Coral, at around 8:37 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found that the reserved parking sign for U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds, who would win the Florida gubernatorial race later that day, had been defaced, with a blue swastika drawn on it in permanent marker.
The swastika had been reported by a woman who works alongside Donalds, the report said. The woman told officers that the swastika had not been on the sign the previous night when she left the parking lot.
Officers worked with detectives from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to review surveillance footage and were able to identify the suspect as William Medvecky, 82, the report said. Surveillance footage showed Medvecky approach the reserved parking sign labeled for Donalds, remove a marker from his pocket, draw on the sign, and then put the marker in his pocket before leaving the parking lot and entering the building.
Further investigation revealed that Medvecky was a volunteer at the voting site, the report said. Officers arrested Medvecky and found a blue marker in his pocket.
Medvecky faces a charge of criminal mischief, a second-degree misdemeanor.
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