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PORTERVILLE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A pack subordinate was arrested Thursday aft allegedly tagging a religion successful Porterville, causing implicit $1,000 successful damage, the Porterville Police Department announced.
Police accidental Nov. 14 astatine 8 p.m. an serviceman was patrolling a religion successful the 1900 artifact of westbound Henderson Avenue that had precocious been vandalized with gang-related graffiti.
During their patrol, the serviceman reported caller graffiti connected the religion property's factual of gang-related symbols and the moniker of the suspect. The harm to the spot was estimated to transcend $1,000.
On Thursday, Dec. 19, detectives took implicit the probe and identified the idiosyncratic liable for the graffiti arsenic 19-year-old Alexander Escalera of Porterville. Escalera is described arsenic a documented transgression thoroughfare pack subordinate who was connected region probation for his engagement successful an armed robbery that occurred successful 2023.
Around 3:45 p.m. that day, investigators accidental they contacted Escalera astatine his location successful the 100 artifact of westbound School Avenue. In accordance with his probation presumption detectives searched Escalera's location and recovered further grounds linking him to the vandalism astatine the church.
Police accidental Escalera was booked connected suspicion of felony vandalism.
Anyone with further accusation related to this lawsuit is asked to interaction the Porterville Police Department astatine 559-782-7400.
