Washington police have
arrested a 58-year-old woman after two chapels in the Washington
National Cathedral were defaced with green paint on Monday, reports the
NCR.Police are testing paint samples to determine whether the three incidents are connected.
Police charged Tian Jiamel, who has no permanent address, with one count of defacing property.
US Park Police investigators questioned her Monday night. Two police officials told The Washington Post that federal police had been seeking an Asian female who was possibly homeless.
Cathedral officials discovered wet paint strewn over the Bethlehem Chapel's organ console and casework about 2 pm, leaving them to believe the vandalism was recent, according to spokesman Richard Weinberg.
The chapel was closed, District of Columbia police were called, and the cathedral was searched.