On February 8th at 12:00am, Whittier PD officers responded to call of suspicious activity at the Whittier Area Community Church (8175 Villaverde Drive). When officers arrived, several unidentified subjects fled from the Church, evading officers. With the assistance of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Air Support, a 16 year old Whittier resident was detained at the scene and later arrested. While conducting their investigation officers discovered an extensive amount of vandalism both inside and outside of the Church.
The bulk of the damage was done inside of the Church’s Sunday School classroom, where a piano had been tipped over and several cabinet doors had been torn off. In addition to the property damage, several items, including a small couch and a DVD player were taken. Most of the property taken by the suspects has since been recovered by Whittier PD Detectives.
The juvenile who was arrested admitted to partying inside the church with several other suspects. Those suspects are still at large. According to Church officials, the damages are estimated to be in excess of $15,000 dollars. At this time, there is no indication this was a hate crime.
The Whittier Police Department is actively investigating the incident and seeking assistance from anyone with additional information. Please call the Whittier Police Department at 562-945-8250.
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good job and the arrest of the suspects.
I have a comment; if possible can your department extra patrol the shopping center on Telegraph @ Carmelita in S.F. Sprinps. I am a paytron in both shopping centers. On weekends and Fridays there seeems to be alot of street venders near the bank and throughout the parking lot. It may be a small thing to miss or let go but it sets the tone for the other criminal activity in the area. Venders and other unwanted subjects in the shopping centers bring a bad elemente to businesses and affects the quality of life in the city. Most of the shoppers are from County of Whittier which it boarders S.F. Springs.
Thank you for response.
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