Dayton man accused of bomb threats, racist graffiti on local elementary school

According to an affidavit, Chirco was identified as the suspect in multiple cases of damaging DECA PREP elementary school in Dayton. Investigators said Chirco damaged the rear door of the school at 2 a.m. on June 16.

Just under a week later on June 23, a staff member found racist and threatening graffiti on the back door of the school, and when school administrators looked at video cameras, they found the same person as damaged the doors, even wearing the same clothing, approaching the door on June 20 at 1:18 a.m., the affidavit said.

The affidavit said that the graffiti included a bomb threat with a racial slur, as well as the phrase “Decca [sic] Academy sucks get out or die!”

Meanwhile, an officer investigating bomb threats at the RTA Bus Hub reached out to the investigating detective about a person matching the description of the man in the video, court documents said. The officer told the detective that Chirco had been arrested previously for making threats.

Detectives then went to Chirco’s house, where they met his brother, who identified Chirco in still images of the school video, the affidavit said.

Chirco was found at Kettering Health Dayton, where multiple bomb threats were called from in the past few days, according to detectives, who added that he was still wearing the same hat and shirt as when he made the graffiti.

In an interview, Chirco denied doing anything, the affidavit said.

He also is suspected in numerous criminal damaging complaints, several at the same location, police said.

Chirco was booked in the Montgomery County Jail on initial charges of swatting, inducing panic and making false alarms.

Swatting is the act of making a prank call to emergency services in order to bring a large police response to a particular address.

At the time of writing Chirco is still in the jail, and is expected to be back in court on Monday, according to the jail website.