Photo provided by Brandy Jacobs.

UPDATE, 3:10 p.m.:

More vandalism reports continue to pour in from around McKinleyville.

Mack resident Brandy Jacobs tells the Outpost that The Sweet Spot on Hiller Road was also tagged up last night with the same red letters that were sprayed onto local cars. A backwards swastika was also tagged on the storefront window.

Another McKinleyville resident reports seeing three suspicious subjects on their security camera footage. The suspects can reportedly be seen walking down his street at 3:45 a.m., checking out a neighbors truck and spray painting a mailbox.

A very grainy screenshot of security camera footage that reportedly shows three suspects that were possibly involved in vandalizing local property lastnight. Footage provided by a McKinleyville Resident.

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Photo of last night’s vandalism posted by a McKinleyville resident in a community watch page.

A number of McKinleyville residents woke up to cars with spray painted hoods and bashed out windows this morning, after a string of overnight vandalism.

At least two cars were tagged with the letters “VDT” in red spray paint last night, while at least three other Mack residents report they their car windows were broken.

Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office PIO Selena Zorrilla-Mendoza told the Outpost that one 14-year-old McKinleyville resident was arrested at 1 a.m. for smashing out a car window on Cobblestone Road this morning.

“We’re still investigating if he’s responsible for other ones,” Zorrilla-Mendoza said.

Upon arresting the teen, officers found him to be in possession of a flashlight, hammer, and broken shards of porcelain, tools commonly used in burglaries.

McKinleyville resident Dan Pambianco also told the Outpost via Facebook that the back windows of his daughter’s Rav4, and her track teammates’ truck also had their windows broken out. The cars were parked overnight in the McKinleyville high school student parking lot while the two were away competing in their final track meet before the state championships.

“My mistake for not picking it up and bringing it home last night as usual,” Pambianco said. “There’s a hole busted in the rear window. No spray paint, and they didn’t actually get in.”

Zorrilla-Mendoza said that the Sheriff’s Office has received at least five incidents of vandalism since Monday. However, she said that some incidents may have gone unreported, or were classified under a different crime.

Read more in the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office press release below.

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Humboldt County SHeriff’s Office press release:

On Friday, May 27, 2016 at about 0045 hrs, the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a vandalism that just occurred on the 2300 block of Cobblestone Road in McKinleyville. Deputies responded and searched the area. Deputies located a male subject on a bicycle on the Mid-Town Corridor, a bicycle/foot path that connects Railroad Ave to Bates Rd. The subject saw the deputies and turned the other way in an attempt to flee from deputies. The deputies were able to catch up with the subject and detained him.

The subject was identified as a 14 year old male who was on juvenile probation with a search clause and a curfew of 8 p.m. A search of the juvenile’s backpack revealed a flashlight, hammer, and broken shards of porcelain - tools commonly used in burglaries. An investigation revealed the juvenile was responsible for the vandalism. 

The juvenile suspect was taken to Juvenile Hall where he was booked for a juvenile probation violation, vandalism, attempted burglary, resisting arrest, and possession of burglary tools.

Anyone with information for the Sheriff’s Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.