AG Lynch joins Coventry Middle School students to stop vandalism

Release date: 2006-06-06

 

Students Against Vandalism Everywhere (S.A.V.E.), started by 7th graders at Flat Rock Middle School in Coventry Rhode Island, met with Attorney General Patrick Lynch on June 6, 2006.

As part of their informational campaign, the group presented the Attorney General with a power point presentation on the problems associated with vandalism. Among the many highlights of their presentation were:

 

  • In 2005, vandalism cost United States citizens over $1 billion dollars.

     

  • It cost the town of Coventry alone more than $170,000

     

  • Vandalism is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine.

     

  • Vandalizing a cemetery is usually a felony, and damaging a veteran's grave is automatically a federal crime.

     

  • 42% of all teen arrests are vandalism related.


    Department of The Attorney General