Crime & Safety
Suspected Vandal Nabbed with Help of Video Camera
Redlands Police dispatchers manning the cameras catch the man in the act, police said.
Surveillance cameras helped Redlands Police nab a man they say was vandalizing walls at a Redlands elementary school in the 200 block of East Pennsylvania Avenue.
Redlands Police Department officials said the cameras were activated about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 5, at Lugonia Elementary School.
Police dispatchers briefly watched as two men defaced walls at the school, police officials said.
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“When police officers arrived, the suspects fled on foot,” said Carl Baker, Redlands Police spokesman. “Officers located 20-year-old Sebastian Valentino Trujillo, of Redlands, and arrested him for vandalism.”
The other man was able to get away and remains at-large, Baker said.
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Police ask anyone with information to call dispatch at (909) 798-7681. Anonymous tips can be provided by texting 274637 using the keyword “REDTIP.”
Redlands Unified School District, which also serves Loma Linda, has used surveillance cameras at its schools for more than five years in an effort to curb crime and keep students safe.
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