A former Penn State student arrested in connection with graffiti and arson incidents on March 27 is also being considered a suspect in other graffiti incidents on April 4, police said.

Craig Tonik, 19, of 131 N. Sparks St., was charged yesterday with six counts of institutional vandalism and nine counts of criminal mischief in connection with an April 4 incident of spray painting red anarchy symbols on the Earth and Engineering Sciences, Leonhard and Applied Science buildings.

Also on April 4, anarchy symbols were discovered on the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) building, 139 N. Barnard St., and the Unity Church of Jesus Christ, 140 N. Gill St., State College Police Sgt. Mark Argiro said.

The State College Police Department has not filed charges against Tonik in connection with vandalism committed at the VFW or the church.

Penn State University Police Director Tom Harmon said the April 4 on- and off-campus incidents seem to be related.

"The color of the paint and symbols on the church and VFW were the same. We believe they may be related," Harmon said. "This [location] is actually adjacent to the university buildings that had graffiti."

Tonik was arraigned Saturday in connection with an arson in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA) building on March 27, university police said. He also was charged in connection with vandalism in the SALA building and across campus, in which "tang" was painted on several buildings, Harmon said.

Dave Will, facility coordinator for the College of Arts and Architecture, said the arson, which caused $500,000 worth of damage, would not delay the opening of the SALA building for the fall semester.

"It will delay us a little in moving into the building," he said. "We were originally looking to move in mid-May, but it will be a few weeks later."

Will said the smoke damage from the incident is "quite extensive," but the fire did burn some of the building.

"In the immediate area, the media station was ignited and burned down," he said.

State College police said another incident of spray painting "tang" was discovered yesterday at 11:30 a.m. at Fairmount School, 154 W. Nittany Ave.

Argiro said the incident is being referred to investigators with the graffiti incidents of April 4.

"We're looking to see if there is any connection," he said.

Argiro said there is no information that links Tonik to Jeremey Echler, 24, who was charged in connection with vandalism at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 109 McAllister St., in November.

In that incident, "Your SSN is the mark of the Beast" and "666 USA" were painted on the pulpit at the church.