- Boys
paint the town, and cars, and...
- SUNNYSIDE (Monday,
6-28-99)--Three Sunnyside boys decided to paint
the town June 17, and police today believe they
found out who it was.
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- Several folks
called police between 10 p.m. and midnight June
17 and reported kids were shooting paintballs
from a small blue car occupied by three or four
teenage males.
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- First targets
reportedly included houses, house windows, cars
and garages on Harrison Hill. Later reports
indicated the driveby paintballers were working
in the Parkland homes area. More reports were
phoned in the morning of June 18 as residents
discovered their property had received unwanted
paint jobs.
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- Investigations
revealed the identity of the three young vandals
according to police. Cops interviewed the trio
and found they may have fired around 400 paint
balls in the course of their
outing.
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- Charges against the
three will be requested through juvenile court,
police said.
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- Arrested in
connection with the incident were
Jason
McNabb and
Randy
Prilucik,
both 16, and
Gabriel
Arriaga, 17,
all of Sunnyside.
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Sunnyside
man arrested for rape
- SUNNYSIDE
(Saturday, 6-19-99)--Police have arrested a
Sunnyside man after investigating an 8:40 p.m.
report that a woman was earlier raped at a
residence in the 400 block of Cemetery
Rd.
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- Police said the
victim and suspect were acquaintances and were
in the residence with other friends when the
victim fell asleep. She awoke as the suspect was
committing the crime, police
said.
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- Alcohol reportedly
was a contributing factor. Police called a rape
crisis advocate to help the victim. The suspect
was later questioned and arrested.
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- Booked into
Sunnyside Jail in connection with the incident
was Victor
J. Flores,
22, of 1115 Roosevelt Court, Sunnyside. He later
was transported to Yakima County
Jail.
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Police
arrest Toppenish man for cocaine
- SUNNYSIDE
(Saturday, 6-19-99)--Police arrested a Toppenish
man this evening after learning drug
transactions were taking place in the downtown
area.
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- Bobby Jay
Webb, 28, of
515 S. Elm St., Toppenish, was charged at 1 a.m.
for possessing three grams of cocaine. Det. Jim
Rivard said police made the arrest at Seventh
Street and Edison Avenue.
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Ex-boyfriend
breaks into home
- SUNNYSIDE
(Saturday, 6-1-99)--A 16-year old Sunnyside girl
told cops her ex-boyfriend smashed a window to
break into her home at 1333 S. 8th St. at 9 a.m.
today.
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- She reported the ex
then chased her around and assaulted her inside
the home. When she tried to call police, her ex
reportedly disconnected the phone as she was
talking to the dispatcher.
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- Police said the
ex-boyfriend left the girl's home before
patrolmen got there, but they chased him down.
They said he had cuts on his hand, presumably
from breaking the window. Cops said the cuts
weren't serious.
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- After Sunnyside
Hospital staff bandaged his hand, cops hauled
the ex-boyfriend to Sunnyside PD for
investigation of burglary. Detectives got his
statement, then transported him to Yakima County
juvenile jail for arraignment on burglary
charges.
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- Det. Samuel A.
Ramos said officers arrested
Nick
Melendrez,
Jr., of 1230
S. 13th St., Sunnyside, in connection with the
incident.
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