THREE TEENS ARRESTED IN CRIMINAL MISCHIEF SPREE

December 15, 2017

Paxton, FL – Two juveniles and one adult have been arrested after committing multiple acts of criminal mischief in the Paxton area.

On Friday, December 8, numerous residents along County Highway 147, County Highway 0605 and other residential streets in Paxton began reporting damage to their property. The victims stated their mailboxes had been vandalized between the hours of 9:00 PM and 12:00 AM Friday night. Using surveillance camera footage from a home in the area, Walton County Sheriff’s Office investigators were able to identify one of the suspect’s vehicles.

The suspects, two 16-year-old males and one 18-year-old male who resided in North Walton County, were later located and questioned about the criminal mischief acts. All three suspects confessed and were arrested for multiple counts of criminal mischief and booked into the Walton County Jail.