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Ray Hensley Jr . Charleston police arrested on Tuesday night an East End man who allegedly spray painted “Black Lives Matter” on the Clay Center the previous night. Detectives arrested Ray Hensley Jr ., 36, for destruction of property, according to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court . Hensley, who is white, also was charged with obstructing, two counts of shoplifting, and trespassing, according to a news release. Sgt. J.A. Hunt said, in a news release, that police expect to file more charges “once a more detailed examination” of other graffiti sites is completed. Police had said, in a news release earlier Tuesday , that they found graffiti on both the Clay Center, at 1 Clay Square, and Fox’s Pizza, on Ruffner Avenue, near Smith Street. The graffiti appeared to match in paint color and was similar in writing style, police had said. Police received a tip that Hensley had “Black Lives Matter” spray painted on a cardboard sign on the front porch of his Dixie ...