News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Sheriff's deputies responded at about 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, to a report of suspicious subjects in the area. According to police reports, while deputies were responding to the call, the two 17-year-olds threw gasoline on the large sign and set it afire.
The fire was reportedly put out by a witness before it destroyed the sign. The sign is made of cement, but the paint was damaged.
Deputies and Sisters police contacted the two youths at their homes and arrested them. Both were cited for first degree criminal mischief and reckless burning and released into the custody of their parents.
According to the sheriff's department, the youths indicated that they had planned to write their names on the road in gasoline and set it afire to etch their names into the pavement. When they saw the subdivision sign, they allegedly decided to set it on fire instead.
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