Arrests made in Cheney vehicle vandalism spree

John McCallum, Managing Editor | Last updated Dec 12, 2019 12:51pm0

CHENEY – Police have arrested two individuals suspected of damaging at least 14 vehicles in the city overnight on Dec. 9-10.

In a Dec.12 news release, Police Chief John Hensley said the pair, 19-year-old Joseph M. Porter and a 17-year-old male, both of Cheney, were arrested while exiting a townhouse on Blackhawk Lane late Wednesday night. The pair admitted to damaging the vehicles, including one near Garden Manor Apartments that was also spray-painted with apparent racist language.

Hensley said no hate crime charges would be brought in that incident as one of the individuals arrested was black.

More information is coming in the Dec. 19 issue of the Cheney Free Press.

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John McCallum, Retired editor

John McCallum is an award-winning journalist who retired from Cheney Free Press after more than 20 years. He received 10 Washington Newspaper Publisher Association awards for journalism and photography, including first place awards for Best Investigative, Best News and back-to-back awards in Best Breaking News categories.