BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) – A Blytheville native went out of his way to clean graffiti off a brick wall at a bank.
Randy Scott, CEO of Farmers Bank and Trust, said someone wrote profanity on a brick wall by the ATM at the bank’s location on West Moultrie Drive on Wednesday, May 8.
Scott said after reviewing security footage, he saw the word was on the wall for nearly eight hours.
When the maintenance crew arrived to clean, Scott said it had already been done.
“We saw this young man getting out of his truck after his transaction and cleaning it up,” Scott said.
Scott said security footage also showed a young person writing profanity in the middle of the night. He said the bank did not press charges.
Security footage then showed JT Goff pulling into the ATM just before 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
After finishing the transaction, the video showed Goff grabbing supplies from his truck and removing the cuss word written in big blue letters on the wall. Goff said he could tell it was written in chalk.
“It looks like crap, you know this is our town,” Goff said.
Goff is the owner JIT Industries less than a mile away from the bank.
Although some people call him boss, others call him “Dad.”
The business owner and father of two said he thought about raising his kids when he saw the cuss word written on the wall.
Goff said he taught his kids how to read by reading road signs. He said he knew the word on the wall was not something that needed to be read by children.
“I can envision my kids sitting and wanting to read a blue chalk symbol on a wall,” Goff said. “It’ll stand out more to a kid than an adult.”
The bank took to Facebook to shine the spotlight on Goff. Scott said they wanted to share the positive side of a negative situation.
“There’s no reason he had to get out and put in a little extra effort but he did, that’s the kind of guy he is,” Scott said.
Goff said he did not think people would find out he was the one who cleaned the graffiti wall. He said he was “just doing me.”
Goff said he hopes his action will inspire other people in Blytheville to step up to improve the city they call home.
“That’s something my dad taught me, just try to do the right thing when nobody is looking,” Goff said.
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