Posted on September 24, 2014

Three Teens Arrested on Suspicion of Defacing Three U.S. Flags

Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times, September 23, 2014

Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of defacing three U.S. flags at a senior community center in Oceanside.

Breanna Serrato, Daniel Moran, and Ruben Jimenez–all 18–are in county jail after being arrested by Oceanside police. {snip}

Surveillance cameras caught three people spray-painting graffiti, a gang monicker and an epithet on the flags at the Oceana center. {snip}

One of the three was wearing a hat with a Baltimore Orioles logo and another had a hat with a marijuana leaf design, police said.

Jimenez is also charged with car theft, according to jail records.