POLICE ARREST TEENS IN CITY GRAFFITI CREWS.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer PALMDALE - Two groups of Palmdale teenagers have been identified as responsible for more than $70,000 in damage from graffiti vandalism around the city, sheriff's deputies said. The teens were described as members of ``tagging crews,'' which paint walls, signs and curbs for notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. , rather than street-gang members for whom graffiti is a sideline sideline See on the sidelines. to more serious crime. ``The majority of what you see around the city of Palmdale is by tagging crews,'' Detective Greg Bruner said last week. Seven teens were arrested over the last two weeks and two more are expected to be charged in 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 this week. The seven arrested over the last two weeks were part of a group that had been active for about 18 months, marking walls, signs, curbs, trash bins and other objects, Bruner said. They were blamed for more than $67,000 worth of damage just in the last year, focused mostly in central Palmdale but occurring around the city, officials said. They usually went out at night in groups, so one could act as a lookout, Bruner said. The oldest of the seven was a 19-year-old, who because of his age was able to legally buy spray paint cans that by city ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been can't be sold to anyone under age 18. The other six were all juveniles. The other two taggers, who are expected to be charged this week in juvenile court, are 14- and 15-year-old Palmdale boys linked to more than $5,000 worth of vandalism overnight Monday at Buena Vista School in east Palmdale. The boys took a car belonging to one's mother without her permission and drove to the school, where they climbed the fence and spraypainted playground equipment, handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). courts, an outdoor lunch area and exterior walls and doors, Bruner said. They painted the school ``just for notoriety,'' Bruner said. City and Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. officials will seek restitution In the context of Criminal Law, state programs under which an offender is required, as a condition of his or her sentence, to repay money or donate services to the victim or society; with respect to maritime law, the restoration of articles lost by jettison, done when the in court for the cost of cleaning up the vandalism, officials said. |
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