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Saturday's Internet Edition, July 31, 2010.
Graffiti mars Wilton property on Dillard Road
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Photo courtesy to River Valley Times
Property owners on Dillard Road awoke Monday, May 17 to discover this graffiti covering their fence. Different portions of the fence are shown here where vandals used red, black and bright blue to spray the possible gang-related markings.
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By Fran Soto
River Valley Times Staff
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A fence surrounding a Wilton property on Dillard Road was vandalized by graffiti sometime during the night of Sunday, May 16 or early morning hours of May 17.
According to Michelle Savana with the Wilton Service Center (WSC), photographs of the defaced fence have been sent to Sacramento Sheriff's Dept. detectives to determine if the graffiti is gang related. “The report has been sent to detectives to see if it is gang tagging or kids messing around,” said Savana, who serves as office manager for the WSC. “No one was seen, and no one heard anything.”
According to the property owner, who asked to be unidentified, the graffiti was discovered at 5:30 a.m. “My daughter noticed it when she left for work on Monday morning,” the property owner said. “We have an 18 year old in the house who said one of the words is a reference to marijuana. The other markings are names.”
The property owner also said that the sign near the Chevron service station at the intersection of Wilton and Grant Line roads had also been vandalized. “It had exactly the same markings and the same colors,” she said.
After taking photographs and filing a report with WSC, the family immediately cleaned the plastic fence, which borders Dillard Road. “We were able to pressure wash it and used a product called ‘Goo Gone," the owner said. “It took a lot of hard work and scrubbing.”
According to Savana, if the graffiti might be gang related, it is of utmost importance that residents take photographs, report the graffiti and remove it as soon as possible. “It is important that it be reported so the graffiti can be removed. If gang related, then it is a territorial making,” Savana said. “We don’t want the graffiti to stay up. If need be, we can pull resources together to get it cleaned up.”
Savana reiterated how important it is to report any graffiti. “We want to be diligent and know what’s going on in Wilton,” she said.
Savana also said this was not the first incidence of graffiti in Wilton. “They (perpetrators) are looking for anything that has a big enough surface to tag on,” she said. “We have had graffiti on the cement barriers on the canal on Clay Station Road.”
Savana stressed residents should keep their eyes open. “Keep track of what you see. It really comes down to the community,” she said. “With 500 square miles, only four or five deputies out at a time and the space between neighbors, people can hide. There are less eyes in the country.”
Savana also advised residents to keep tall grasses cut, keep areas well lit and outbuildings locked. “If you are driving around and see someone standing in a field or anything else that seems suspicious, call dispatch at 916-874-5115,” she said. Savana added, "Keep everything locked also as shed break-ins are occurring.”
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