Alleged serial mural vandal arrested — 33-year-old woman accused of defacing public art across S.F.

Read Mission Local often? Thanks to another $70,000 in matching funds from generous donors, we are raising our end-of-the-year goal to $310,000! Every dollar you give today will be matched. Police officers from Ingleside Station last night arrested the alleged serial Mission Street mural vandal bystanders on Sunday filmed defacing a mural on Mission Street by deceased muralist Mario Cid Gonzalez. Witnesses said they observed a woman matching the suspect’s description defacing that mural months prior as well.  Yesterday’s arrest of 33-year-old Ana Da Costa Pereira came after the defacing of more murals, on Tuesday night: One of them  adorns the side of the Excelsior District’s Central Drug Store at Mission and Santa Rosa streets.  Da Costa Pereira was booked into the San Francisco county jail for vandalism more than $400 and two counts of possession of graffiti instruments at 9:22 p.m. last night. Police claim that Da Costa Pereira is responsible for multiple incidents of mural vandalism up and down Mission Street.  Want the latest on the Mission and San Francisco? Sign up for our free daily newsletter below. An email sent by police to Mission Local noted that officers today visited the defaced Mission Street mural that was...