The Juvenile Crime Spree Gripping North Yakima
Two local boys sit in jail after a series of brazen burglaries and industrial sabotage, awaiting the heavy hand of the grand jury.
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Peter Gervais, Jr., and Henry Bunting, two boys, are now in the Yakima jail serving out a fine of $15 and costs each for breaking down the fence of J. P. McCafferty. They are currently awaiting the action of the grand jury on charges for various and sundry offenses, including burglarizing the houses of P. A. Bounds and Harley Taylor, breaking into several range camps, and entering and maliciously destroying $150 worth of belting in the Snipes mill.
“Awaiting the action of the grand jury charged with various and sundry offences.”
Youth crime and the community's response—often shifting between punitive measures and questions of parental or social failing—have been a constant in Yakima’s civic dialogue for over a century. The severity of the charges, including industrial sabotage, highlights the high stakes of local property rights in a boomtown.
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