Update 10/25/2021 4:16pm:

Police have identified and apprehended the skateboarder, who was seen vandalizing George Floyd's statue in New York City earlier this month.

The vandal was identified as 37-year-old actor Micah Beals. On Oct. 3, Beals allegedly threw paint on the George Floyd statue just four days after the sculpture was put on display.

Prior to the New York Police Department announcing his arrest on Monday, the actor was also arrested during the Jan. 6 insurrection for a curfew violation. He was charged with driving with an expired registration in 2002 and, in 2012, he was charged with malicious destruction of property. Beals was also charged with driving without a valid license and giving false information to a police officer in 2014. The accused vandal was also arrested in Washington state and Los Angeles on various charges.

The Michigan native, whose stage name is Micah Femia, appeared in Parks and Recreation and CSI: NY during his acting career.

Micah Beals has been charged with second-degree criminal mischief, which carries a potential sentence of up to seven years in prison.

Original 10/04/2021 10:30am:

On Monday (October 4), the NYPD released surveillance footage of a skateboarder vandalizing a George Floyd statue in Union Square. 

The footage shows the skateboarder reaching into his backpack and pulling out a container of paint, which he proceeds to splash on the newly-resurrected installation. The installation, titled "See Injustice," also features busts of Breonna Taylor and Rep. John Lewis, and was created by artist Chris Carnabuci. 

A joint statement was released by Confront Art and We Are Floyd in light of the vandalism, which reads, "It takes a lot of courage to display the 3 statues we are exhibiting in Union Square. It also takes a good deal of courage to vandalize a statue on a global stage in broad daylight. This continues to bring light to our mission that art is a conversation catylist, a place for public discourse, and through these acts we can hopefully overcome hate and find unity for the future. We continue to be inspired to create and display public art to further this important mission." 

So far, no arrests have been made.