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BREAKING: Arrests Made in Bus Shelter Vandalism

Posted By: Suzette Francis · 9/6/2012 8:06:00 AM

Two teens have been arrested after more than two dozen bus shelters were damaged in Scarborough and Durham Region early Tuesday morning.

NewsTalk 1010 has learned that the two young men were contacted by police at their homes in Pickering on Wednesday afternoon by Durham Police and later turned themselves in.

The two 17-year-olds who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, are said to be linked to numerous cases of vandalism, not just the bus shelters that were smashed Monday night into Tuesday morning. Durham Police say the boys are facing 47 charges in that jurisdiction alone, after being wanted in connection with smashing car windows and bus shelters in August.

They are now facing more than 60 charges in total.

More than 30 bus shelters were vandalized in Scarborough, Pickering and Ajax. 19 of them were damaged in Scarborough.

Damage is said to be more than $10, 000.

(w files from Amber Gero)

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  1. JaYTee posted on 09/06/2012 08:16 AM
    They'll probably go before a Judge, who'll slap them on their wrists, and say, " Go home and be a good boy from now on!"..Their parents should be held responsible, and pay the TOTAL cost of replacing the shelters etc.
    1. calvinhc posted on 09/06/2012 10:00 AM
      @JaYTee Damn right!

      In some jurisdictions, parents are held responsible for the "willful misconduct" of minor (under 18) children.

      Now before somebody cries about how parents shouldn't be held responsible for "everything" their children do, let me emphasize that this applies ONLY to "willful misconduct", such as vandalism.

      In said jurisdictions, parents are NOT responsible for their children's "negligence". If a child accidently hit a baseball through someone's window, that is "negligence" and the parents cannot be held responsible. The window-owner can sue the child for damages, but collecting would not be possible until the child turned 18.
  2. Bill R posted on 09/06/2012 08:57 AM
    The fact that "they can not be named" means the legal system is out to coddle such criminals-in-training. It would also be interesting to know what they used to destroy the shelter glass - projectile? prohibited weapon? Or perhaps this information shouldn't be made public because copycats would do the same. Still, it all adds up to mucho jail time if the law worked right.
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