NEWS RELEASE

SUSPECT ARRESTED IN CRIMINAL MISCHIEF TO SEASIDE RESTROOMS

Friday afternoon at approximately 3:30 p.m. Seaside Police arrested Daniel Howard Williams, age 28 of Seaside in connections with ongoing criminal mischief to restrooms throughout Seaside. The arrest followed a stakeout at the Oceanway restroom where obscene material and writing on the bathroom wall were found right after Mr. Williams used the restroom.

For several months restrooms in Seaside have been experiencing writing on bathroom walls and obscene material being left. Officers have conducted periodic stakeouts at different restrooms and on Friday the department Community Service Officer was observing the Oceanway restroom when the arrest was made.

Following interviews with the suspect, he was booked and released on charges of Criminal Mischief, Furnishing Obscene Material to Minors and Disorderly Conduct. As a condition of his release Mr. Williams is forbidden from being in any City restroom or the downtown Arcade where obscene material was also found. The department is gathering all of the incidents that have taken place and will be forwarding everything to the District Attorney’s Officer for review and formal changes.