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Uploaded: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 7:48 AM
Updated: Sunday, March 17, 2013, 7:21 AM
Serial graffiti suspect arrested by Pleasanton police, but not the one at Foothill High
Police say Village High student, 16, linked to 42 vandalisms, damages more than $10,000
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by Glenn Wohltmann
Pleasanton Weekly Staff
A 16-year-old student at Pleasanton's Village High School has been arrested in a series of graffiti vandalism cases between December and February that caused more than $10,000 in damages.
Pleasanton police said the case is not related to the ongoing investigation today of a threat of a shooting made at Foothill High School in graffiti posted on a girl's bathroom wall.
Police received numerous reports of graffiti in which the letters SCOS were tagged with spray paint or paint markers. Much of the vandalism occurred to Pleasanton city property, but some private citizens and businesses were also victims.
A collaborative effort between police and the Pleasanton school district staff identified a 16-year-old Village High School student as a possible suspect, and a search warrant was obtained for his belongings and residence. Evidence of the vandalism was found in the juvenile's possession and he was arrested on felony vandalism charges.
The suspect admitted to involvement in all of the cases under investigation as well as several unreported cases of vandalism. In total, the suspect was linked to 42 vandalisms and it is estimated he caused over $10,000 in damage to city property alone. There was no estimate of damages to private property.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by William Tell, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 8:08 am It should be forced into hard prison labor at pennies per hour until it can pay back what it took from the taxpayor and private individuals.
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Posted by Cholo, a resident of Livermore, on Mar 14, 2013 at 9:51 am Thank you PPD! BUSTED!
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Posted by David, a resident of the Carriage Gardens neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 9:53 am I hope that this scares the student straight from this point on. If he does it again, well, I guess then we do the pennies per hour thing.
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Posted by DMD, a resident of the Stoneridge neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 11:53 am I don't want to see any graffiti in my town. dumb, dumb, dumb
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Posted by Libertarian, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 11:56 am Like advertisements on billboards, sports fences, bus stops, depots, in newspapers, etc., a graffiti artist should pay for the space. Otherwise, it's just local art masking as a high-class advertisement.
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Posted by taxpayer, a resident of the Pleasanton Heights neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 12:21 pm Not prison labor, labor around town cleaning up trash. Log the equivalent of about 10 cents per hour and make him work off the entire balance. If he runs out of trash to clean up he can work in the food kitchens. He can clean out the public bathrooms. He needs to pay back every dime of his damage to the city and the residents whose property he trashed. Better yet, make his parents work along side of him since they never took the time to teach him to be a responsible person.
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Posted by Steve, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 12:31 pm Congrats PPD! The kid obviously has issues as well as some absentee parents. Let's make the punishment be a lesson for all others.
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Posted by Tucker, a resident of the Civic Square neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 1:53 pm ... maybe just a nice box of oils, brushes, and a canvas might have prevented this.
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Posted by Al, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 3:21 pm Hey taxpayer, Are you aware that $10,000 at $0.10/hr equals 100,000 hours, or about 50 years of full-time work? I'm glad our good Pleas police are handling this.
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Posted by Mike, a resident of the Highland Oaks neighborhood, on Mar 14, 2013 at 3:27 pm The real crime here may be the cost of "damages".
I'd like to know how said cost was calculated.
Mike
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