Assault with a Deadly Weapon/Felony Vandalism
Arrests
Two male adults have been charged with
three felony counts each for shooting a BB gun at a passing motorist,
possessing a weapon on a school campus, and vandalizing 31 windows at an
Arcadia school.
The pair was arrested by Arcadia
Police officers Monday night, July 8, 2013, at about 9:00 p.m. on the grounds of Longley Way
Elementary School, located at 2601 Longley Way Avenue, Arcadia. Officers had been called to the area after a
projectile struck the driver’s door of a car being driven eastbound on Las
Tunas Drive adjacent to the school. The
female driver stopped the car and saw the damage appeared to be from a BB or
pellet and called the police. Officers
arrived and contacted two males on the Longley Way campus. The men were in possession of a BB gun and
packages of BB’s. The pair told officers
they had been shooting at a bottle and denied aiming at the driver or car. A bottle was found, however, evidence led
officers to believe the shooting of the car was intentional. The suspects were arrested and booked at the
Arcadia City Jail.
While conducting this investigation,
officers saw the type of BB’s used to be consistent with BB’s found at the
scene of an extensive vandalism case on June 26, 2013. Thirty-one (31) windows had been shot out
with BB’s throughout the campus of Dana Middle School, 1401 S. First Avenue,
Arcadia, during the evening hours of June 25, 2013. Damage was discovered by a custodian and is
estimated to be in excess of $22,000.00.
Follow-up investigation and interviews determined the two suspects
in-custody were responsible for the vandalism of Dana Middle School.
Jacob C. Moreno, 18-years-old, of
Temple City, and Albert J. Lewis, 18-years-old, of Arcadia, were both charged
by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office with felony counts of Assault
Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury, Vandalism, and Possessing a Weapon on
School Grounds, with the bail set at $50,000.00 for each.
Robert Guthrie, Chief
of Police
By: Tom
Le Veque, Sergeant
July
15, 2013/2:00 p.m. (Case #13-3225/2999)
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