Monroe County Vandalism 3/27/06

Stroud Regional Police are still looking into a string of vandalism in Stroud Township, and so far, have arrested two people. Dozens of cars and store windows were smashed on Route 611 this month. 17 complaints were reported on March 15th alone. 18-year Paul Buttrey and a juvenile are charged with criminal mischief. Police are now looking to see if other vandalism reports are connected to the young men. Capt. William Parrish/Stroud Regional Police "What we are doing is trying to put this all together. A lot of these incidences we handled by different officers until we realized there was a pattern and a serial b-b gunist was out there. We are putting all the businesses, there also a lot of patrons vehicles in parking lots that were hit with b-b`s, couple of residences, not too many. We are trying to put this together in one criminal case." The damages range in the tens of thousands of dollars.