Michael miserable failureMoore
Posted on 01/28/2004 6:09:19 AM PST by Pern
A former Cy-Fair High School student serving five years' probation for felony arson in a flag-burning case headed a group of self-described environmental guerrillas who vandalized almost 50 sport utility vehicles, officials said Tuesday.
Precinct 4 deputy constables said the group, led by Randall W. Heinrichs, 18, smashed windows and slashed tires on SUVs in north Harris County from October through December.
Investigators said the vandals used bats embedded with nails to smash windows and cut tires and sprayed graffiti, including Nazi swastikas, on the vehicles.
Four teenagers have been charged with criminal mischief.
Heinrichs, placed on deferred adjudication last year after pleading guilty in the arson case, has a "personal hatred" for SUVs, said Precinct 4 Capt. Rick Brass. "He talks about how they are environmentally unfriendly (and) decadent," he said.
Heinrichs, of Houston, was arrested Jan. 9 and is held in Harris County Jail without bail because of his arson probation.
Lindsey Garofano, 18, of Houston and Jarett Barger, 19, of Cypress were arrested Tuesday. Their bail was set at $5,000 each.
Joshua Killen, 18, of Cypress is expected to turn himself in shortly, deputy constables said.
Garofano told deputies she particularly resented "arrogant ladies" who drive expensive SUVs instead of buying more economical cars and donating the surplus money to charity.
As for these teen perps, throw the book at them. See how arrogant they are after spending just one week in a state prison.
She's fairly presentable on the video clip. I think she should be sentenced to getting a job and donating her surplus income to charity. Forever.
They will get no prison time. After all, they're just 'children' who are trying to do the 'right thing'. And, like ELF loves to claim, 'no one was hurt' as a result of these 'actions'.
/ sarcasm
I know what I'd do for punishment. Hard labor, ALL paychecks into a fund to pay in full for the damaged vehicles.
Teens my behind.
Michael miserable failureMoore
Yeah, our education dollars at work, folks.
Wanna bet these 'teens' come from affluent families. Families who supply them with all the frills of affluence and all their wants - except maybe attention and direction. And these 'teens' have no problems accepting the material goods supplied by their families. Let them put their money where their mouths are - oh wait, are any of them actually earning their own money and living within those means?? Are they urging their families to do the same or donating their own surplus to charities? Not bloody likely.
...resented "arrogant ladies" who drive expensive SUVs instead of buying more economical cars and donating the surplus money to charity.
Maybe their time would be better spent volunteering at one of these charities or working and donating their own money to a charity or both. I would make sure that is part of their sentence.
Why is someone who drives an SUV, ipso facto "arrogant"? Isn't she who assumes the right to tell us all what means of transportation we should use, the "arrogant" one? Who gave Ms.Garafano the power to appoint herself the leader of the transportation police? How does she know that those who drive such vehicles are not already donating significant sums to charity? She doesn't. It's simply presumption on her part.
As with most socialists, a lack of respect for the property and possessions of others is never far from the surface.
They need to castrate that boy so he won't further pollute the gene pool.
Better would be 72 consecutive hours in the stocks behind the courthouse followed by restitution. Nights in the stocks are the worst. LOL.
Related threads:
Teens arrested for smashing 'decadent' SUVs (locked dupe)
Teens arrested for smashing 'decadent' SUVs ( The next generation of Libs )
Teens arrested for smashing 'decadent' SUVs
Backstory:
Cy-Fair teen is charged in flag burnings (burned someone else's flags)
Flag-burning teen indicted for arson
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