Fremont’s iconic clown statue has been defaced—and the community is pooling together to fix it. Someone painted over the face of the clown and his sidekick, Gertrude, according to the official website ...

Community leaders in Fremont are hoping to repair the statue of Seattle's most famous clown after it was defaced by a vandal within the past few weeks.

J.P. Patches was a children’s television clown known for making people laugh. But what happened to his statue in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood is nothing to chuckle at. It’s been defaced- again.