Girls arrested after breaking windows, threatening minor

A Tuesday evening at home was shattered for a local minor when five girls approached her home and started smashing out her windows while challenging her to a fight. Hanford Police officers were called to the 500 block of East Ivy Street just after 8 p.m. when an unidentified minor claimed that several girls approached her house and challenged her to a fight while shouting out gang slurs.

The girl was reportedly forced to barricade the door while the five suspects, all juveniles aged 14 to 15, smashed out several windows and continued shouting at her.

The victim was not injured in the attack.

All five suspects were found soon after the alleged attack at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 11th Street. The victim was able to positively identify each of the five girls, who were subsequently arrested on suspicion of vandalism and disturbing the peace by challenging another to a fight in a public place.

Each suspect was released on a citation and turned over to their parents.

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(Sept. 4, 2008)