ARRESTS IN TAGGING PRAISED POLICE FIGHTING VANDALISM.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer 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, - The recent arrests of four teens Four Teens is a Barbershop quartet that won the 1952 SPEBSQSA international competition. Preceded by Schmitt Brothers SPEBSQSA International Quartet Champions 1952 Succeeded by Vikings suspected of tagging, or defacing, $20,000 in local property is a good start, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. authorities faced with the vandalism that continues to plague the area. Detectives from the Santa Clarita sheriff's station last month arrested four boys - two 15-year-olds and a 14-year-old, all students at Saugus High, and a Valencia resident, 17 - suspected of causing up to $20,000 in property damage in recent months, authorities said. ``We're going to try and get restitution for everyone who's been victimized by these guys,'' Detective Pat O'Neill Pat O'Neill may refer to: Pat O'Neill (cinema) Pat O'Neill (Dublin footballer) - former Dublin Gaelic football manager and player said. ``We're talking about thousands and thousands of dollars here, so these kids are looking at felonies.'' The teens were arrested separately on April 21 and booked at the Santa Clarita sheriff's station. They were released to their parents' custody and each is scheduled to be arraigned in August in Sylmar Juvenile Court juvenile court Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial . But officials note that vandalism in Santa Clarita is a growing issue, with taggers using spray paint, markers and even sharp objects to scrawl their monikers into property across town. At least two taggers targeted a Newhall church last weekend, causing an estimated $4,000 to $6,000 in damage, O'Neill said. ``Every single window of that church was etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. ,'' O'Neill said. ``One of the church's transport buses, every window was etched. On the other bus, it was the windshield. It was all nicknames, two different nicknames etched all over.'' No arrests have been made in that incident, which detectives said happened around May 21. A bridge over McBean Parkway has been targeted by taggers at least a dozen times in the past five months. Each time, city volunteers have painted over it. Since February, the city has spent more than $7,000 to remove graffiti on the bridge, according to city and sheriff's officials. Repainting the bridge on April 21 alone cost nearly $5,000. The aqueduct pipe behind Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
tr.v. de·faced, de·fac·ing, de·fac·es 1. To mar or spoil the appearance or surface of; disfigure. 2. To impair the usefulness, value, or influence of. 3. it four times in the past two months, O'Neill said. ``In total, it cost $6,000 to paint the pipe those four times,'' he said. O'Neill - part of the Santa Clarita station's COBRA unit, a team specializing in juvenile and gang-related crimes - says there are distinct differences between gang-related graffiti and the vandalism by tagging crews. Street gangs' graffiti is designed to serve a purpose, such as marking territory or sending a message to a rival gang; tagging crews are more about simply leaving a mark, he said. ``These kids are not about violence and they're not really organized like a gang,'' he said. ``They just go out and try to put their nicknames on as much property as possible.'' Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com |
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