MSU Student Charged With Malicious Mischief

Colton Stephens

STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) –  The search for a graffiti artist striking the city of Starkville is over after police charge a Mississippi State student with the crime.

20 Year old Colton Stephens of Germantown Tennessee was picked up Wednesday night after Starkville police issued a plea for information about the graffiti incidents in the city. The MSU architecture student has confessed to being the person behind the paint can in the cases.

Right now Stephens is facing multiple counts of malicious mischief charges for spray painting the word Owens on various city buildings and properties for almost a year