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Girls arrested after breaking windows, threatening minor

By Joe Johnson
jjohnson@HanfordSentinel.com

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.

The reporter can be reached at 583-2425.

(Sept. 4, 2008)

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The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the views of the Hanford Sentinel

Alan G wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:46 PM:

" I'm going to guess that these young ladies have not attended finishing school. Definitely NOT Vassar material, that's for sure. Shouldn't they have been at home working on their homework or practicing violin? "

wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:49 PM:

" Thank goodness these young victims recently have been brave enough to bring in law enforcement rather than attempt to fix the problems themselves. "

bluefalcon559 wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:01 PM:

" Ridiculous! "

cynic wrote on Sep 4, 2008 1:17 PM:

" I live on East Myrtle near where this occurred. I see this kind of thing every day. Gang members sit in front yards in large numbers - wearing colors and flashing signs at passersby. It seems every traffic sign and many nice clean walls in the area are tagged. What is HPD doing about the gang problem in this area - Myrtle, Ivy, Brown and Harris? They don't even try to hide what they are doing or who they are. "

Valley Girl wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:03 PM:

" To Cynic: Perhaps HPD is preoccupied with monitoring the Home Garden area. That neighborhood is pretty rough too! "

maskman wrote on Sep 4, 2008 7:27 PM:

" Are these the youth that Obama says that are going to lead us into the 21rst century.....Give them that world class education! "

512manor wrote on Sep 4, 2008 9:36 PM:

" Well, here's a thought, meybe they were trying to impress the neighborhood "boys in the hood" and get noticed. Doesn't sound like they were trying to hide. Could be they want to see themselves in print. The PD seems to really have their hands full between Parsons and Ivy. "

Fed Up wrote on Sep 5, 2008 8:40 AM:

" Valley Girl, FYI, the Home Garden area is patrolled by KCSO, Not HPD... "

whitey wrote on Sep 5, 2008 8:47 AM:

" thats pathetic. hanford is now hood. everywhere.
and it used to be such a nice place to live. now its just an embarrassment "

cynic wrote on Sep 5, 2008 9:45 AM:

" Well, Valley Girl, I agree that is an area that probably needs more police coverage - but Home Garden in not within the city limits and its coverage is handled by the Sheriff's Dept and not HPD. "

Mommyme wrote on Sep 5, 2008 10:25 AM:

" Oh, this is SOOOO sad. "

Valley Girl wrote on Sep 5, 2008 3:01 PM:

" Whoops! My mistake. Then I guess they are not preoccupied with Home Garden! I agree though. Sounds like they need to step up their police presence in that area. I believe the other article about the two girls with knives was in the Myrtle,Ivy,Brown,Harris neighborhood. It's amazing the lack of respect kids have today. "

cynic wrote on Sep 5, 2008 4:46 PM:

" Come jog with me some evening - I have learned to jog softly and carry a big stick - literally. I carry a cane with me during my evening exercise - and not because it helps me walk. I'm considering some type of "spray". I walk past a four plex every night on Douty that must be the headquarters for the local gang - it's not unusual to see 30-40 people congregating, and strangly all wearing the same primary color. Hmmmm "

gees wrote on Sep 5, 2008 4:53 PM:

" Wonderful and Lovely teenage girls....NOT "

31163 wrote on Sep 6, 2008 11:01 AM:

" What in world is going on in this community?
This is the second report of "girls" acting out in violence I have read within a two week span.
This is unacceptable. We all need to take charge of the children in our community and say"Enough is Enough"! We will not sit back and watch our children destory themselves and others.
May I sugget that when you see "gang" or "gang like" activity happening you call the police every time. Perhaps these kids might get the message that we don't want that in our community. I will do the same. Let's let the children know that the adults are sitll in charge. "

smalltowngal wrote on Sep 6, 2008 11:56 AM:

" Just imagine this is our future teachers, presidents, so forth......scary! "

AmericanTaxpayer wrote on Sep 7, 2008 4:39 PM:

" It's a shame what our city has turned into. Hispanic gangs run the South of Hanford and tag almost every wall on a daily basis. Carrying a stick when going out at might is a good idea, but I like to carry something with alittle more fire power. These gangs have no respect for anyone or anything! "

melMAOB wrote on Sep 8, 2008 3:56 AM:

" What a waste of young life. Really are these people going to run our tomorrow??? You know it's sad when the elder gand members are leaving because the young have no clue on what respect is. as for releasing them to the parents..are they crazy??!!! obviously the parents didn'tdo that hot on parenting in the first place "

sc281 wrote on Sep 8, 2008 12:08 PM:

" where were the parents when all this was happening "

ddavis1955 wrote on Sep 8, 2008 1:27 PM:

" Have GANG TASK FORCE speak to your parents club groups....educate parents what their children are in to. Nothing good is going on after dark outside. If your kids are not at home doing their homework, involved in a parent controlled activity then then they are probably into TROUBLE. Hanford parents be aware! "

aufever wrote on Sep 8, 2008 2:08 PM:

" As for law enforcement, they are too busy downtown looking for Drunk Drivers, especially in the evening. "

31163 wrote on Sep 8, 2008 5:43 PM:

" It's unfortunate that law enforcement is busy going after drunk drivers. However, busy or not if not address by our local law enforcement today they'll be taking care of the problem down the road. And those cases wont be little ones. I only pray my family and yours are inocent by standers hurt in the cross fire. "

cynic wrote on Sep 9, 2008 9:38 AM:

" 31163 - "It is unfortunate that law enforcement is busy going after drunk drivers"? It it? Did I somehow read your comments incorrectly? Far more innocent bystanders are killed by drunk drivers than caught in that gang cross fire you mention. I agree, the gang issue needs to be dealt with. But keeping our streets free of drunk drivers will save many more lives. "

31163 wrote on Sep 10, 2008 8:22 PM:

" Too true cynic. So what's the answer then?
Cause if it's my child that's killed or perhaps yours
from the "cross fire of gang war fair" should that be just our hard luck because we have a communtiy that can't control our drunks or our children? I happen to believe just maybe our police department is capable of handling both problems. If not, we're a sorry little backwards town. And don't tell me there isn't enough money to take on gang issues. It's a priority just as drunk driving is. Oh and one more thing,don't be so sure that there isn't more deaths, and injuries that are due to gangs than you think. "

wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:03 PM:

" By the way when I said it was unfortunate that the police have to go after drunk drivers I was refering to the fact that they have to spend so much time and energy on irresponsible and ignorant individuals, Did you really think I was stating that I thought the police ignor drunk driving? PLEASE......... "

wrote on Sep 10, 2008 9:05 PM:

B. wrote on Sep 11, 2008 9:08 AM:

" Now you people might start to understand why the county jails and the Ca. prison system is so overcrowded. The convicted felon is getting younger & younger everyday costing this state billions of dollars.
Oh....I forgot, it`s the "prison guards" that are causing the problem. "

cynic wrote on Sep 11, 2008 11:37 AM:

" I don't have any answers, 31163. I just know that I am tired of seeing my neighborhood become "the hood". Tagging seems to happen on a nightly basis. Last night a group of about 12 teenagers (again in those matching colors) made their way down the street. I saw something I had only heard about. One of the group members - gang sounds so judgemental - did a whistle that sounded like a bird. Seconds later I heard a response from an unseen someone down the block. I guess we need to take back our neigborhoods - but how? I don't want to get caught in cross fire or be the target I have called HPD about the "gatherings" and the tagging but I never see any results. The way they walk around posturing and flasing signs show they have no fear and my neighbors are too intimidated to do anything. What to do . . . what to do. "

Valley Girl wrote on Sep 11, 2008 1:22 PM:

" To Cynic: I certainly don't have the answers either but maybe a couple of possible ideas. How about hidden cameras to catch them in the act, or your own version of a police stake out with a video camera (as safely as possible ofcourse!), maybe rally the neighborhood for a once a week nighttime walk with flashlights, a petition from the neighborhood residents requesting more police presence in the area? Just thinking out loud. "

O. G. wrote on Sep 11, 2008 4:25 PM:

" They are so young to just throw away their futures like that. They are relegating their lives to service their gang which is a downhill slope all the way to thier own destruction. I hope they wake up before it's too late. "

Alan G wrote on Sep 12, 2008 3:04 PM:

" I'm sure they'll be sporting neck tattoos, mi vida loca dots and accessory babies in the very near future because "I just want someone to love me and I think it's so cute how my frind's little baby hugs her." "

sc281 wrote on Sep 13, 2008 9:40 AM:

" You know the kids don't have much else to do around here. Not everyone rides skateboards or has the money to hang out at Adventure Park. "

B. wrote on Sep 14, 2008 8:12 AM:

" sc281.....Neither did we as kids, but we found things to do. We were`nt destructive & we didn`t threaten to kill anyone. Sure, we had good ole` fashion fistfights. When it was over we shook hands and became friends. We didn`t get a gun and try to kill them. As far as I`m concerned, it goes right back to poor parenting. Some parents are no different than their kids. "

Melissa wrote on Sep 15, 2008 3:31 PM:

" In these types of cases I think that the parents should no longer be allowed to take control of thier kids. The police should have treated these girls like adults and took them to jail and let them await a court hearing like anyone one else who acted that way. Maybe that would scare them straight. The problem is that kids with that mentality do not respect thier parents or any other person. Returning them to thier parents will only allow it to happen again. It is when thier behavior gets that bad that law enforcement needs to take over because the parents have lost control for whatever reason. Respect for the laws and yourself and others should be taught at a young age, I know they were taught to me, and yes i got into school yard fights but i never would have taken it that far, I had the fear of losing my freedom and respect taught to me. There will always be school yard fights but this is ridiculous. "

Alihandero wrote on Sep 15, 2008 5:29 PM:

" Hey Alan G., I agree 100% with your posts here.

Especially when you said this:

"I'm sure they'll be sporting neck tattoos, mi vida loca dots and accessory babies in the very near future because "I just want someone to love me and I think it's so cute how my friends little baby hugs her."

Is this what ‘We the People' get as a result of the extensive liberal indoctrination this country has slipped into?

All of the above behavior - considered politically correct - is encouraged by liberal political ‘multiculturalism,' diversity promotion, targeted nondiscrimination, free and open borders, protected ethnic ‘rap' and cultura de ‘Chicano-tejano-Cubano-PR-etc.,' human rights for animals, gay marriage demands, and so on and so forth.

And the kicker: We can't say we don't like this because we will surely be denounced as a racist or a sexist or some other undesirable-ist.

Where do we go from here anyway? "

Melissa wrote on Sep 16, 2008 4:50 PM:

" Alihandero I do not see how liberalism is to blame for these children not having any boundaries. That was a parenting choice not a choice made by the country. Gay marriage, animal rights so on and so forth have nothing to do with the violent minds of these girls. Those things have no ties to the problem in this article. "

Alihandero wrote on Sep 16, 2008 6:29 PM:

" Melissa,

I was responding and agreeing with Alan G.

If you do not think that the overall liberal society affects the actions of our children in any way, fine.

I respect your right not to see this. "

cynic wrote on Sep 17, 2008 9:09 AM:

" Come on Alihandero - You can blame the liberals for lots of things and I'd agree with you. But to blame them for bad parenting and gang issues (rap and neck tattoos) is going a bit far. I don't think these girls' parents are Obama supporters - probably not even registered to vote - or anything else for that matter. You can't blame rap, tattoos and gang violence on liberals - even in Hanford. "

Alihandero wrote on Sep 17, 2008 4:04 PM:

" I will try one more time:

If the social, legal, and moral fabric of the United States has absolutely nothing to do with the actions and behavior of its citizens, then I would not have made that comment.

A liberal, permissive society does indeed affect actions of the people who make up that society.

That was my observation and again, if you do not see this point, then so be it. "

cynic wrote on Sep 18, 2008 8:39 AM:

" Come on Alihandero - that may have been what you meant - but what you said was -

All of the above behavior - considered politically correct - is encouraged by liberal political ‘multiculturalism,' diversity promotion, targeted nondiscrimination, free and open borders, protected ethnic ‘rap' and cultura de ‘Chicano-tejano-Cubano-PR-etc.,' human rights for animals, gay marriage demands, and so on and so forth.
Looks like your blaming a lot more than bad parenting on liberals - whatever "protected ethinc rap and Chicano-tejano-Cubano-PR-etc." is - blame it on someone else. "

Alihandero wrote on Sep 18, 2008 3:15 PM:

" Cynic," please re-read and comprehend.

I said this:

"... is encouraged by..."

What definition of "encouraged" do you not understand?

As I said, if you don't agree, you are entitled. "

Melissa wrote on Sep 18, 2008 4:30 PM:

" Alihandero I must agree with cynic, this is an election year and everyone wants to blame the other parties for everything that is wrong with this country. The fact is that these girls are not even old enough to vote and this is a parental problem. Gay marriage, animal rights, rap, and whatever else you tried to blame have nothing to do with it. Liberals did not make these girls smash out the windows and threaten this girl. I do however have to agree with Alan G as far as these girls mentality, i see that kind of future for these girls too, not because of liberalism, but because it does not seem these girls parents are involved enough to prevent that from happening. "

Melissa wrote on Sep 18, 2008 5:08 PM:

" Alihandero cont..you said..

"If the social, legal, and moral fabric of the United States has absolutely nothing to do with the actions and behavior of its citizens, then I would not have made that comment."

I still do not see how this has anything to do with no parental guidence from thier parents. Teaching the children of our country there is only on true way to live and everyone else is wrong is what causes children to think they have the right to do things like this. Fights are disagreements that become physical. What causes disagreements? Not being able to accept that thier is more than one way to look at things. Children do not know how to do that unless they are taught respect for others and again it boils down to parenting. Children only know what is taught to them in thier homes until they are old enough to make adult descicions and decide what is right for them. That is why it is so important for us to teach our children respect and tolerance. "

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