San Leandro Police ID suspect in racist graffiti case

Police identified the suspect in the arrested in connection with racist graffiti found on a San Leandro school district building earlier this week.

Cody Sisson, 21, was charged Thursday with felony vandalism and held without bail a day after his arrest, police said.

School district employees discovered the racist graffiti Monday, the red and white symbols and words sprayed on doors on a building on Juniper Street.

After reviewing home surveillance footage, canvassing the neighborhood and sending physical evidence for laboratory processing, investigators identified Sisson, of San Leandro, as a suspect.