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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A antheral who is accused of breaking windows astatine 4 section businesses and the Porterville City Hall was arrested, constabulary said Thursday.
The 43-year-old man, Oscar Manfredis Garcia, was arrested connected Tuesday, Sept. 30.
On Sept. 28, officers investigated 5 reports of vandalism wrong the Downtown Porterville area.
It was determined that the windows of 4 businesses, arsenic good arsenic the Porterville City Hall, were breached overnight by a fishy who threw rocks oregon objects done the windows.
Police said the 4 businesses and the metropolis hallway sustained a nonaccomplishment exceeding $8,000.
As officers and detectives continued with the investigation, they were capable to place Garcia arsenic the suspect.
On Sept. 30, an serviceman observed Garcia successful the country of Olive Avenue and E Street and contacted him. Police said during the encounter, Garcia was recovered to beryllium nether the power of a controlled substance.
Porterville Police said that, based connected the harm Garcia caused, detectives sought a bail deviation to guarantee his quality successful court. The justice granted the deviation, which authorized him to beryllium held without bail pending his arraignment.
He was booked into the Tulare County South County Detention Facility.
