SteamMaster Cleans Vail Graffiti Spree

Source VailDaily.com

Matt Monica

VAIL, Colorado — Three Vail residents have been arrested for spraying graffiti from Golden Peak west along the Gore Valley Trail, all the way to the Vail Mountain Plaza parking garage, Vail police say.

More than $10,000 in damage was done to Vail Resorts and town of Vail property on Wednesday morning, police say.

The suspects have been charged with theft, second degree burglary and criminal mischief. Theft is a misdemeanor while the other charges are a class four felony, police say.

Officers and Vail Resorts security used surveillance footage to identify the parties involved. Confessions were obtained from all three suspects when interviewed, police say.

Margret Prowell, 20, Robert Cooper, 20, and Jay Osborne, 19, were booked into the Vail Police holding facility on a $7,500 bond, police say.

The suspects also are accused of stealing several cans of spray paint used in the vandalism, police say.

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