Vandals creating serious traffic hazard in Kings County

KINGS COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Six incidents of halt motion vandalism successful Kings County successful the past week person enactment the assemblage astatine hazard of a terrible accident.

The criminals person taken down halt signs and halt up signs astatine respective state roadworthy intersections, putting drivers astatine superior hazard of crashing.

The culprits are besides putting their futures connected the line.

"This isn't funny, this isn't a prank, a dare, a joke, you're looking astatine superior jailhouse and situation clip if you are caught," says Sgt. Chris Martin with the Kings County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities accidental the crimes started connected October 13th erstwhile a halt motion connected Laurel Avenue and 18th Street was taken down.

The adjacent day, the aforesaid happening happened connected Iona and 7th Avenue.

Then, connected October 15th, the T-intersection motion connected Iona, westbound of 6th Avenue, was taken down.

That aforesaid day, each 4 halt signs, halt up signs and a velocity bounds radar motion connected Grangeville Boulevard and 6th Avenue were removed.

"If determination is simply a nonaccomplishment of beingness oregon wounded astatine these intersections due to the fact that of idiosyncratic pulling down the halt signs, you are looking astatine thing from manslaughter each the mode to homicide," says Sgt. Martin.

In the past, a akin transgression claimed the beingness of 1 section man.

He was a person of Kings County Supervisor Doug Verboon.

"To suffer idiosyncratic by an mishap is 1 thing, but to person it beryllium deliberate and upon you is uncalled for," says Verboon.

Local nationalist works and instrumentality enforcement leaders are urging radical to beryllium vigilant and, if they spot something, accidental something. It could prevention someone's beingness and support families from heartbreak.

"We request it to halt earlier idiosyncratic gets wounded and killed," urges Dominic Tyburski, the Kings County Public Works Director.

"I mislaid my beloved 23-year-old lad a twelvemonth ago, and it was devastating, and it devastated galore radical that loved him, and we volition ne'er beryllium the same, and I bash not privation different household to acquisition that calamity due to the fact that idiosyncratic thinks it's comic to sound down halt signs," shares Tyburski.

The Kings County Sheriff's Office says they volition proceed to enactment diligently until the radical liable are recovered and held accountable.

Anyone with accusation is urged to travel forward.

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