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SEASIDE POLICE ARREST TAGGER

Shortly before 10:00 p.m. Monday evening, Seaside Police responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle in the 800 block of 17^th Avenue. The initial report indicated a male subject left the vehicle and headed towards the wood shop area of Seaside High School. Officers located a government vehicle registered out of Fort Lewis but were unable to locate anyone around the wood shop. While checking the area, officers discovered that Seaside High School had been spray painted with graffiti, and a short time later a male subject was observed coming out of the bushes, placing items on the ground.

When contacted the male subject admitted that he tagged the school and the items he put down where spray paint and a stencil he had made identifying himself as “Lego Man”. The suspect was identified as Army Corporal Randal Mackey, age 23 stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. He told officers he was staying a Camp Rilea for some training and got bored. The damage done as a result of the graffiti to Seaside High School is estimated to be in excess of $2,000. Corporal Mackey was arrested and charged with Criminal Mischief in the 1^st Degree and Unlawful Possession of Graffiti Implements. He is currently being held in the Clatsop County Jail awaiting arraignment. Spray cans, a stencil, and receipt for the spray cans were recovered at the scene.