Palo Alto, CA -- The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office issued arrest warrants for four subjects involved in an egging incident that occurred the early morning hours of May 19, 2003.

At approximately 1:00 am, a Menlo Park Police Officer stopped a vehicle for an equipment violation. The driver had a suspended driver's license and had outstanding traffic arrest warrants. The Menlo Park officer saw dozens of eggs and empty egg cartons in the mini van. It was discovered that the driver and four passengers had been driving through Palo Alto throwing eggs at cars.

Menlo Park Police turned the driver and four passengers over to Palo Alto Police to process the driver in Santa Clara County for the traffic warrants and to investigate the vandalism. Palo Alto Police Officers discovered 31 vehicles in the north end of town had been splattered with eggs. It took Palo Alto Police several hours to write vandalism reports for each of the 31 vehicles and numerous hours contacting the owners in the following days.

Of the 31 vehicles that were hit, 3 vehicles sustained damage. The three victims turned in vehicle repair estimates that totaled approximately $16,146. The investigation was turned over to the Santa Clara District Attorneys Office for review.

The DA's office issued three counts of Felony Vandalism for each of the adults. Waldemar Yuen 6-29-80 of San Jose, Mel-Anthony Layos 4-6-81 of San Jose, and Patrick Thomas-Dunn 7-18-83 of San Jose were arrested were booked into the San Jose Main Jail on Aug 28, 2003. The fourth adult suspect is out of town and will be processed at a later date. The fifth involved subject was a juvenile.

Police urge parents to advise their children of not only the public nuisance and clean up for the community, but more importantly about the criminal and civil consequences.

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