By Tameka Duncan
VIEW Contributor

GOODRICH — Two teens have been apprehended and charged with malicious destruction of property for the vandalism of road signs in the Village of Goodrich.

The 16-year-olds, who referred to themselves as the Goodrich Vandal Squad on their Myspace page, posted a photo of a vandalized sign on the website. The duo will have to reimburse the village $400 for the cost of replacing and repairing the signs. A total of twelve signs were vandalized.

Signs in Goodrich have been an ongoing target for vandals since early summer and vandals struck again in late August by defacing signs on Dutch Road.

Ethan Campbell, supervisor for the Department of Public Works, said the vandalism began early in the summer with signs on Ridge Road and Janaroy Court. Later on, the vandals, who tagged the signs with GVS, used silver spray paint to mark stores.

Vandalism that occurred in late August consisted of four vandalized signs, including a stop sign and a new “children crossing” sign. The two other signs were a Village of Goodrich limits sign, which had the “Good” crossed out and replaced with “Hood” and a No Parking sign that had a swastika spray-painted on it, said Campbell. — Natalie Blythe also contributed

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