FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — A 16-year-old is allegedly responsible for more than 50 incidents of graffiti and vandalism at businesses and other properties in Burke, according to Fairfax County Police.

Police were called to the 6000 block of Burke Centre Parkway on March 12 after reports of hate-based graffiti on multiple properties. Officers started investigating after they found what they described as "offensive graffiti" in the area.

Pastor Becca Messman of Burke Presbyterian Church confirmed to 7News that her church was one of the targets of the graffiti. She said that the messages left on the church were antisemitic.

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Days later on March 17, police got in more reports of vandalism in the 9500 block of Burke Road. They went to the location and found a teen boy spray-painting a loading dock at a nearby business.

Fairfax County police said the teen had spray paint on his hands and clothes. The arrest was captured on police body camera video, which showed officers removing a hammer and spray paint from the boy's bag.

This is a developing story.