3 SOUGHT IN WINDOW SMASHINGS; VANDALS TARGET WINDOWS.Byline: Stacy Brown Daily News Staff Writer A trio of teen-age boys seen in a blue compact car are being sought in connection with a $50,000 vandalism spree in which dozens of windows have been smashed over the past six weeks, authorities said Wednesday. ``Cars', stores' and residential windows have been shot out with BB or pellet guns a gun that fires small pellets, less than 3 mm diameter, usually made of metal. See also: Pellet during these attacks,'' said Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County sheriff's Lt. Tim Peters Tim Peters may refer to:
City officials have posted a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals, who witnesses said were riding in a blue Toyota or Honda, Peters said. Anyone with information regarding the vandals is asked to contact the sheriff's station at (805) 255-1121. In the latest attack, which occurred Tuesday night, three homes and two businesses were targeted, Peters said. ``This is serious,'' he said. ``It's a felony.'' Eva Gritz, assistant manager of Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Florist, said workers spent Wednesday cleaning up the debris from the second attack at her Bouquet Canyon Road store. ``They shot out one of our side doors Tuesday,'' Gritz said. ``This is getting to be quite expensive.'' At the Midas Muffler muffler, in automobiles, device designed to reduce the noise from the exhaust of an internal-combustion engine. When the exhaust gases from an internal-combustion engine are released directly into the atmosphere, they create a loud noise, caused by the passage of the shop on San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the , assistant manager Mytus James said her shop has been victimized in several violent attacks. ``Four times we've been hit,'' James said. ``It's scary because all day I wonder, will they come back? It's a terrible thing, and not including (Tuesday night) this has already cost us more than $3,000.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Krista Reimer of Santa Clarita Florist sweeps up broken glass at the shop Wednesday. Tom Mendoza/Daily News |
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