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Vandals hit Sallisaw High School late Thursday or early Friday and drove school buses into buildings, rammed other vehicles, and destroyed classrooms. Damage was estimated at $250,000.
Detective Sandy Girdner of the Sallisaw Police Department said she received a call about 5:40 a.m. Friday morning about vandalism at the Sallisaw High School. When she arrived she said several buses were damaged, and windows were broken in the vo-ag building,
“It is a mess,” she said.
Police Chief Shaloa Edwards said the vo-ag building received extensive damage. Two buses were driven into the tree lines. One bus was rammed against two cars. One bus was driven through the vo-ag building garage door and one through the fence.
Edwards, displeased about the vandalism to the school, said, “People who do stuff like this are cowards.
“There are broken windows, ceiling tiles pulled off, and some of the walls are destroyed,” Edwards said.
He said the vandals flooded the vo-ag building. They took some of the Blue and Gold meat the Future Farmers of America sell for fundraising purposes out of the freezers and threw the packages all over the floor.
Ron Wyrick, Sallisaw School superintendent, said three classrooms in the building were destroyed. He said about 12 buses were damaged. Three teacher assistants’ vehicles were damaged when the vandals drove a bus into the vehicles sides. The teacher assistants were attending out-of-town training and left their cars at the school.
“Several buses were bumped which caused a little exterior damage,” Wyrick said. “We do have insurance. As soon as investigators get done processing the crime scene I’m calling our insurance company to have them assess the damage.”
Wyrick said the classrooms that were destroyed will require those classes be held inside the high school until the building is repaired.
The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office and a forensic officer from the Fort Smith Police Department are assisting the Sallisaw Police Department.
Edwards said the Fort Smith Forensic Crime Scene Investigator will help provide technology the Sallisaw Police Department doesn’t have.
Edwards said the school probably suffered about $250,000 worth of damages.
“We have a few leads that we are following. There is evidence left behind and we are getting assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
“Working together we should be able to close this investigation soon,” Edwards said.
“It’s too soon to determine if the vandalism at Blue Ribbon Auto Group and this vandalism are related.”
Detective Sandy Girdner of the Sallisaw Police Department said she received a call about 5:40 a.m. Friday morning about vandalism at the Sallisaw High School. When she arrived she said several buses were damaged, and windows were broken in the vo-ag building,
“It is a mess,” she said.
Police Chief Shaloa Edwards said the vo-ag building received extensive damage. Two buses were driven into the tree lines. One bus was rammed against two cars. One bus was driven through the vo-ag building garage door and one through the fence.
Edwards, displeased about the vandalism to the school, said, “People who do stuff like this are cowards.
“There are broken windows, ceiling tiles pulled off, and some of the walls are destroyed,” Edwards said.
He said the vandals flooded the vo-ag building. They took some of the Blue and Gold meat the Future Farmers of America sell for fundraising purposes out of the freezers and threw the packages all over the floor.
Ron Wyrick, Sallisaw School superintendent, said three classrooms in the building were destroyed. He said about 12 buses were damaged. Three teacher assistants’ vehicles were damaged when the vandals drove a bus into the vehicles sides. The teacher assistants were attending out-of-town training and left their cars at the school.
“Several buses were bumped which caused a little exterior damage,” Wyrick said. “We do have insurance. As soon as investigators get done processing the crime scene I’m calling our insurance company to have them assess the damage.”
Wyrick said the classrooms that were destroyed will require those classes be held inside the high school until the building is repaired.
The Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office and a forensic officer from the Fort Smith Police Department are assisting the Sallisaw Police Department.
Edwards said the Fort Smith Forensic Crime Scene Investigator will help provide technology the Sallisaw Police Department doesn’t have.
Edwards said the school probably suffered about $250,000 worth of damages.
“We have a few leads that we are following. There is evidence left behind and we are getting assistance from other law enforcement agencies.
“Working together we should be able to close this investigation soon,” Edwards said.
“It’s too soon to determine if the vandalism at Blue Ribbon Auto Group and this vandalism are related.”
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« Isaythis wrote on Wednesday, Nov 04 at 01:13 PM »
@centralchick -yes everybody makes mistakes but a mistake is not something you keep repeating over and again. There are some that do not learn from those mistakes and therefore continue down that road of destruction. One thing leads to another, and if these people were not stopped then there crimes would have escalated into even more heinous crimes.And who's to say they had not already taken a turn in that direction. Also a poor upbringing is no excuse for any crime! So don't even go there,I firmly beleive it is imbedded in our soul to know right from wrong and I KNOW these people knew what they were doing and that it was WRONG!!!
« centralchick wrote on Tuesday, Nov 03 at 03:05 PM »
Maybe People Should Stop An Think That....They Messed Up In There Life...People Talk About How Its Wrong To Gossip!!!! But Look Everyone In This Town Dont Know How To Shut Thir Mouths!!!! They Are Humnan Everyone Makes A Mistake In Their Lives!!! Sorry There Not Perfect. But Everyone Needs To Keep Quite Cause Only Five People Know What Happen. An Thats The Four People In Jail An GOD!!! So For Everyone Thats Saying They Didnt Know God. Well Yall Dont Know Them So Keep Quite. Thanks!!! Its WRONG To JUDGE People Before You Know Them.!.!.!.!.!
« watercooler54 wrote on Monday, Nov 02 at 09:23 PM »
Good job Sallisaw PD on catching people responsible for this.
« shakybearpaw wrote on Monday, Nov 02 at 06:42 PM »
I doubt that the people who did this were thinking of proverbs. Nor do I think the parents of those who did this ever considered that not teaching them proverbs would lead them down the road they chose. What we have here is a leader and followers. They will get caught and it will be found out that they have probably done far worse. In each of the ones who took part ,one if not all the parents will think they had a pretty good kid and can't believe they did such a thing. Just the was this type of crap works.
« BLckdiamond wrote on Friday, Oct 30 at 06:30 PM »
proverbs22:15,foolishness is bound up in a child;the rod of correction will drive it far from him. proverbs 23:13-14,do not with hold correction from a child, for if you beat him with a rod, he will not die. 14 you shall beat him with a rod, and deliver his soul fromm hell.proverbs 29:15, the rod and rebuke give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. and the way i was raised and the way i raised mine: spare the rod and spoil the child!
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