Three tourists from Germany have been charged after they defaced traffic signs, toilets and garbage containers during a paintball rampage throughout Joshua Tree National Park in California, park officials said.

According to a press release from the National Park Service (NPS), a park ranger patrolling the Jumbo Rocks Campground in Joshua Tree National Park on Sunday noticed “fresh yellow paintball splatters on buildings and signs.”

During further investigation of the paintball splashes, the ranger clearly discovered a slingshot in a vehicle.

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Three tourists from Germany damaged signs in Joshua Tree National Park with paintball guns and slingshots. (National Park Services)

Police officers were called to the scene and began questioning the visitors. The visitors were tourists from Germany who admitted to firing paintballs the night before using a compressed paintball gun and slingshots.

In their vehicle, the rangers found three slingshots, a paintball marker, paintballs and other related equipment as evidence.

Rangers also learned that at least 11 road signs along Park Boulevard from the Jumbo Rocks campground to the Maze Loop Trailhead, two miles from the park’s west entrance, had been shot with yellow paintballs.

On Aug. 4, a park ranger patrolling the Jumbo Rocks Campground saw “fresh yellow paintball splatters” on buildings and signs, park officials said. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The three people were charged with vandalism, damage or destruction of property.

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The violation will be punishable by a maximum fine of $5,000 and/or a prison sentence of up to six months, the NPS said.

PALMS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 28: Joshua Tree National Park on January 28, 2021 in Palms, California. (Josh Brasted/Getty Images)

Joshua Tree National Park’s Deputy Chief Ranger Jeff Filosa condemned the vandalism and called it a waste of time for staff who could be doing other tasks instead of cleaning up the vandalism.

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“Defacement or alteration of the NPS landscape, no matter how small, is against the law,” Filosa said. “It damages the natural environment enjoyed by millions of people around the world. The park must regularly remove graffiti of all kinds, which takes time and resources that could be better spent on other priorities.”