Detectives with the Metro Nashville Police Department have arrested a man in connection with racially charged graffiti found in a South Nashville park several times in November.

Nuzhdar Hamdoun, 28, was charged with vandalizing government property, with bond set at $2,000, the department said in a news release.

Graffiti messages written in chalk on a basketball court at William A. Pitts Park had been found on the court “on at least three occasions” this month, and had caused community concern, the department said.

“Detectives used online resources to ultimately identify Hamdoun, who lives close to the park,” the release reads. “During a conversation between detectives and Hamdoun at his residence today, he admitted to creating the graffiti. Used chalk was found in the back seat of his v

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