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Up Date November 20, 2008 1247 PST
A 15 year old boy is accused of causing more then $10,000 damage at a Reno school
Police state "He didn't act alone"
A disaster for our school system when state cutbacks have all but shut the funds off for local schools.
Volunteers have met the challenge to repair the damage.
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A 15-year-old boy has been accused of doing more than $10,000 damage to Sun Valley Elementary school on Nov. 5.
“We know that the suspect arrested did not act alone,” school district police Chief Mike Mieras said. “We believe that there were at least four other individuals involved. More arrests are expected as interviews and lab analysis of evidence proceeds.”
Police said information about the suspect on an Internet site led to his arrest. Officials said he was a district student but did not identify his school.
Vandals painted graffiti on all buildings and portable classrooms and broke windows with rocks Wednesday night at Sun Valley Elementary School, causing damage estimated between $5,000 and $10,000.
The school is in recess until Dec. 1. Students and teachers going to a writers workshop discovered the damage the following morning.
Vandals do expensive damage
By Cyndi Loza • cloza@rgj.com • November 8, 2008
Vandals painted graffiti on all buildings and portable classrooms and broke windows with rocks Wednesday night at Sun Valley Elementary School, causing damage estimated between $5,000 and $10,000.
Reno,"We don't know who's responsible, but ... given the extensiveness of the damage and the time it would have taken to do that, my suspicion is that it was more than one person," spokesman Steve Mulvenon said Friday.The school is in recess until Dec. 1, but students and teachers going to a writers workshop discovered the damage Thursday morning.
"School police monitor and patrol the schools, but they have very limited officers and 92 schools," Mulvenon said. "So, there's not a security presence at all the schools 24/7. There's just not enough resources to do that."
Secret Witness, 322-4900, is offering $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of suspects.
"If we can determine who was responsible, we'll seek financial restitution from them," Mulvenon said. "It's not fair that the taxpayers should be on the hook for this."
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