Vandals strike Napa High

By JILLIAN JONES, Register Staff Writer

Police responded to an alarm at Napa High School Sunday night to find gang-related graffiti, threatening messages and the burglary of at least one office.

According to police reports, subjects broke into the school between 9 and 11:30 p.m. Sunday, entering the administration building through a skylight.

Once inside, "the suspects vandalized the dean's office with gang graffiti and other threatening messages," said reports. Dean Al Bahn said his Palm Pilot was stolen, and it appeared as if several drawers had been searched.

Police are unsure whether the incident is connected to the gang-related shooting Saturday night that left one Napa teenager in critical condition.

While police are investigating the possibility, said Bahn, "Just because you have gang-related graffiti doesn't mean you have a gang-related focus."

Napa High Principal Barbara Franco said that while the school is "paying a little closer attention" to safety after Saturday's shooting, "it's not in a way that needs to be alarming."

Police did not supply any additional information about the nature of the threats.

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