July 6, 2015
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(GODERICH, ON) – Two teens have been arrested and charged in connection with the recent graffiti incidents in the Town of Goderich.
The first discovery of graffiti occurred June 30, when police were notified of offensive graffiti damage to two buildings located on Suncoast Drive and a third building located nearby on Huron Road.
Sunday, July 5, at 7:30 a.m., Huron OPP officers were notified by a Town of Goderich employee of another case of fresh overnight graffiti damage. The exterior walls of the Rotary Cove Wheelhouse and the newly-refurbished stairs leading from the Rotary Cove up to Lakeside Drive, had been defaced with vulgar and obscene messages.
As a result of some public assistance and further police investigation, two suspects were identified.
Late Sunday evening, July 5, Huron OPP officers located and arrested an adult male suspect in a woodlot just east of Goderich. A search incident to arrest revealed the man had two pellet guns concealed in his waistband.
Early Monday morning, July 6, police arrested the second involved male who attended the Huron OPP detachment where he was charged and, subsequently, released from custody.
Jaiden CLARK-MCKNIGHT, 19, of Goderich has been charged with:
He remains in custody with a video court appearance scheduled for July 7, at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich.
A 14-year-old young person of Central Huron has been charged with four counts of Mischief Under $5,000 and one count of Mischief Over $5,000. He has been released from custody with a first appearance date scheduled for Aug. 13, at Youth Justice Court – Goderich.
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