GANG DETAIL ARRESTS TEENS; GRAFFITI THREAT SPARKS ACTION.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Two 17-year-old boys suspected of beating another teen and then spray-painting threats on his home were arrested Thursday after Lancaster Gang Detail deputies served search warrants at their homes. The two painted ``Killin'' and ``Gangja'' on the home as retaliation for the youth filing a sheriff's report over the beating, deputies said. ``We're not going to tolerate this,'' said Deputy Mike McPolin. ``We want to get the message out that we want to protect our witnesses. If you go after them, we'll go after you.'' Deputies found one suspect sleeping at his home in the 43700 block of Rembrandt Street. They took him into custody after finding graffiti similar to the type found on the victim's home scribbled on a scrap of paper scrap of paper pre-WWI Belgian neutrality; German disregard precipitated British involvement. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 450] See : Controversy hidden in the freezer section of an empty refrigerator in the garage. Deputies also seized a billy club, dagger, hatchet hatchet: see tomahawk. , a black knit cap with red insignia, hunting knife, a spray can of water repellent and cartoons of Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, and Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. Daffy was the first of the new breed of "screwball" characters that emerged in the 1930s to supplant traditional everyman characters, such as wearing red bandannas. The second suspect was not home when deputies went to his house in the 43800 block Emile Zola Street. Deputies later arrested him at Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
Detectives said the victim and the two suspects had been friends at one time and are not sure what happened. ``They used to be friends but now they fight all the time,'' said McPolin. ``It's mostly personal arguments with slight gang involvement.'' The two were charged with conspiracy to commit graffiti vandalism, assault with a deadly weapon Assault with a Deadly Weapon is the term used to describe the act of threatening to harm one or more people by using a weapon (usually a firearm). Here, assault must be differentiated from battery as they are often confused. Assault is threatening to use force. and conspiracy to intimidate a witness. They were released to their parents. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Deputy Richard Cocke places a suspect into a patrol car. The suspect is accused of beating and intimidating another youth. Bhavna Mistry/Daily News |
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