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Car vandals strike four in string of vandalism in Sterling

Monday, May. 23 by Laura Peters | 12 comments | Email this story

Car vandals hit Sterling yet again over the weekend of May 21, tagging cars with the number
‘68’, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.

Cars in the areas of North York, West Nettle Tree and South Ironwood roads and North Amelia
and South Hoga streets in Sterling were reported being vandalized between 6 and 9 p.m.

“We’re still hoping someone from the public can come forward and tell us the meaning of ‘68’,”
Loudoun County Sheriff’s spokesman Kraig Troxell said.

Two cars were vandalized on the weekend of May 10 in Ashburn and Sterling. Prior to that, 15 to
20 cars were damaged on the weekend of April 30 in Ashburn and the same amount of cars
during the weekend of May 7 in Sterling.

There were also several cases reported on May 21 of car tires being slashed and windows of cars
being smashed in the Sterling area that officials are unclear if they are directly related to the ‘68’
vandals.

Troxell also said that there is no indication that this is a gang-related incident and is most likely
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Tue, May 24 at 04:04 PM by Frank:

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Look, they might not be a “gang”, but it is time to classify them as one. You have Connected
multiple occasions of vandalism where they are “tagging” the same thing. If
these were “13”, they would be calling in the SWAT team.

Maybe it is some upper middle-class punks, but why not pretend they aren’t and
bust them nice and quick? Let their parents start wasting their money on bail
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Tue, May 24 at 01:41 PM by Bud Davis:

Man I tell you what, they come to my neighborhood, they may not leave.
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system. That bad boy parks in the street since it can’t fit in the driveway or
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Tue, May 24 at 08:57 AM by Pete:

Maybe they’re illegals and they’re upset that they have to share their rented
townhome with 68 other family members. Join Our
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Tue, May 24 at 02:20 AM by puzzled:

After following these string of articles i dont understand why the public keeps
saying it is only bored kids. It could be adults too. Maybe the significance is they
will tag 68 cars. Who knows….
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Mon, May 23 at 11:19 PM by smallwonder:

is an interactive, digital replica

68 Is their IQ. of the printed newspaper.
Open the e-edition now.
Mon, May 23 at 09:37 PM by Alby:

View our other print publications available online.

“Troxell also said that there is no indication that this is a gang-related incident
and is most likely juveniles”
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Maybe LCSO should question kids or send our a survey at area High Schools to
find out what 68 means and who might be at the heart of the spray painting. At Weekly Hello Loudoun Taste
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something will quickly rat out their friends when they can make some money at
somebody else’s expense.

Mon, May 23 at 09:10 PM by muzzaplant@msn.com:

It’s a crime and they need to go to jail. It isn’t funny! Parents need to watch
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Mon, May 23 at 03:05 PM by Mark Kay:

“Liberal hand wringing”. LOL Yeah, let’s put them on fetus patrol for nut job
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hand wringing instead. Camps and Garden Leesburg

Mon, May 23 at 03:01 PM by sophomoric but funny:

They wrote “68” because if they wrote “69”, they’d have to stop and turn around.
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Mon, May 23 at 02:27 PM by Pete:

Might want to take some cops off of the “ticketing helmetless kids” patrol for this
one. Let the liberal hand-wringing commence.

Mon, May 23 at 02:27 PM by i wonder?:

Check with the school board. Maybe some kid was transferred here recently,
who lived along Route 68? Sounds like the kid is on foot. So the area of concern
is local. Maybe match it up with the kids relatives in the area in which they are
floating around from house to house. Obviously a kid who is rebelling. No gang
uses 68. No kid born in 68. No sports star uses 68. Only song is a punk song
from the 90’s. The kids needs 68 @ss whoopings!

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