CLEARFIELD -- Five teenage boys were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a vandalism spree that caused damage estimated up to $200,000.
Police say the teens spent the last two months traveling from North Ogden to Kaysville, breaking vehicle windows almost nightly.
Clearfield Detective Kyle Jeffries said the police department received an attempt-to-locate broadcast after a person reported seeing someone throw a brick at a vehicle in Clinton. The description was sent out and the vehicle was located early Thursday morning.
Jeffrey Jensen, 18, Trevor McClintock, 18, Brandon Berry, 19, and Colby Hardson, 18, were arrested and booked into Davis County Jail on suspicion of criminal mischief, theft by receiving stolen property, and vehicle burglary.
"They are looking at second-degree felonies because of the amount of loss," Jeffries said.
A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested and released to his parents.
The damage the boys caused is estimated to be $100,000 to $200,000. Jensen said they have had more than 200 cases reported to the police that they believe the teenagers caused.
"There's probably a lot more than that that were not reported," he said.
When they were arrested, Jeffries said, the teens admitted to damaging vehicles by breaking windows with rocks, BB guns, airsoft guns, pumpkins, bricks, eggs and other items.
They also admitted to several vehicle burglaries in the area.
The vehicles targeted in the attacks were completely random, Jeffries said. The teens went throughout Weber and Davis counties, but Roy was hit particularly hard.
Jeffries said the boys were local, coming from Roy, Syracuse and Clearfield. He did not know how the teens knew each other or if any were currently high school students.
The reason for the crime spree?
"The kids were bored," Jeffries said. "They decided to cause some trouble."
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