Four teens charged in 'KKK' vandalism

Four teenagers have been charged with using landscaping sod to form the letters “KKK” and a swastika in the parking lot of a Manassas area school.

By: Uriah Kiser | Insidenova.com
Published: August 25, 2009

Four teenagers have been charged with using landscaping sod to form the letters “KKK” and a swastika in the parking lot of a Manassas area school.

Police were called to Sinclair Elementary School at 7801 Garner Drive about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after an administrator found the racist words and symbols in the parking lot. She notified school security who then called police, said Prince William County Public Schools spokesman Ken Blackstone.

The symbols — a KKK, a swastika and the words “White Power”— were confined to the parking lot. The building was not vandalized, he said.

The school is undergoing landscaping work, and sod is being laid on school grounds. The sod was removed from the parking lot Tuesday morning and put on the grounds, said Blackstone.

Police on Tuesday charged four Stonewall Jackson High School students with vandalism in connection with the case. Three of the teens are white, and one is black; they ranged in age from 14 to 17.

All were released to their parents. Police say the investigation continues and more charges are possible.

School is still out for the summer in Prince William County. Students return to class Sept. 8.

Uriah A. Kiser can be reached at 703-878-8065.