ST. CHARLES COUNTY — A custodian at Francis Howell High School faces a felony charge for writing racially derogatory statements last week on bathroom walls and stalls at the school, authorities said.

Court records said Tyler Alan Carter, 25, of St. Charles, was charged Wednesday with harassment motivated by discrimination to frighten or disturb others, a felony. He also faces a misdemeanor property damage charge.

Police in a probable cause statement said Carter's graffiti included racial slurs and "violent statements toward the African American community."

The statement said Carter admitted to the offenses, saying he was tired of cleaning graffiti left by students.

Carter, who is white, told police he targeted the African American community because he believed the graffiti he cleaned u

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