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- Young thugs trash sewer plant
- BENTON CITY (Wednesday, 8-26-98)--Two Benton City youngsters ages 11 and 12 broke into the Benton City Sewer Plant Monday, but were caught by a plant worker.
- Sheriff's deputies responded when employee Mark R. Bandstra called them.
- The kids reportedly had been seen by a city employee near the open door of the treatment plant. They fled when they knew they were spotted, but the city worker brought them back to the scene.
- Sheriff's deputies said the youngsters apparently forced open a window at the plant, located at the east end of Dinah Road.
- The kids reportedly broke glassware, discharged a fire extinguisher, and spilled a small amount of hydrochloric acid powder on the floor.
- As a result, hazardous material (Hazmat) units responded to the scene. They checked the two little perps and a deputy for chemical exposure, but no injuries were reported. Similarly, a patrol car was checked for damage, but reportedly received none.
- Undersheriff Bill Morey said the kids also spilled about 10 gallons of waste oil into a Kiona Irrigation District excavation site. No estimate of damages or cleanup costs was reported.
- The juveniles were charged with second-degree burglary and second degree malicious mischief, then released to their parents.