Hoquiam, WA - On Saturday, March 7th, at about 6:00 PM, officers were dispatched to the area of the 2400 block of Aberdeen Avenue regarding multiple subjects spray painting grafitti. While officers were responding to the area, the witness advised the suspects got into a white four door passenger car and drove towards Simpson Avenue.

Sgt. Verboomen arrived at the scene and noted fresh grafitti on the wall that he recognized as gang "tagging."

Officers Deason and Martinez located the suspect vehicle and initiated a traffic stop on the 2900 block of Sumner Avenue where he contacted four subjects inside. Officers identified the four subjects inside, one adult and three juveniles. Officers contacted the parents of the juveniles who responded to the scene to take custody of the youths. The adult suspect, an self-admitted Norteno gang member was taken into custody. Officers located a stolen .22 revolver in his sweatshirt. He was eventually transported to the Grays Harbor County Jail where he was booked for possession of a stolen firearm.

Officers were granted a search warrant for the vehicle where they located one additional semi-automatic firearms and a CO2 Glock, which is identical in appearance to a real firearm.

The case will be forwarded to the GH Juvenile Prosecutor for the three juveniles invovled for malicious mischief and firearms related charges.

Outstanding work by Sgt. Verboomen and squad! Thank you to the witness for being observant and calling 911.