Arrest made after at least three windows shattered in Forest Grove Monday night

At least three locations in Forest Grove were vandalized after someone hurled a brick or rock through their windows late Monday night.

Kindness Family Pet Clinic, the Forest Grove City Library, and Picasso's Art & Antiques were among the victims of a late-night crime spree that local business owners told News in the Grove ended in the arrest of a man in downtown Forest Grove

In an email to News in the Grove, Forest Grove Police Department Sergeant Andrew Colasurdo confirmed Wednesday morning that a male suspect had been arrested and lodged in the Washington County Jail in connection with the shattered windows.

Colasurdo said the male faces three charges of criminal mischief in the first degree and a charge relating to a parole violation.

Kindness Family Pet Clinic, tucked behind Safeway on 19th Avenue, lost the outdoor window of a double-paned installation that sported half of the clinic's name and logo.

Forest Grove City Library staff member Joan Vandehey told News in the Grove that their shattered window, the first on the right as you enter the parking lot off Birch Street from Pacific, was first discovered by cleaning staff Tuesday morning.

The window had a small hole near the base on the outdoor pane where it was struck and was still clinging to the frame on Tuesday. The entirety of the pane was marred by a spiderweb of cracks from top to bottom.

The final stop for the alleged culprit was in downtown Forest Grove at Picasso's Art & Antiques, located at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Ash, inside the former Forest Grove News-Times building.

There, at around 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 28, the final window was broken, according to Picasso's co-owner Trena Muehleisen. A large front-facing window was shattered, with glass and rock alike crashing into an inside display for one of the shop's individual vendors.

"He was just allegedly drunk and high, came out to a party with friends and and was stupid," she said of the alleged vandal.

Muehleisen said her understanding of the situation was that the pastor of the church next door was still in the building when the alleged vandal confessed he had been breaking windows.

Police were called (the Forest Grove Police Department station sits directly across Ash Street from Picasso's), and an arrest was made.

Cleanup took hours - Muehleisen and Casey Truman, proprietor, noted they were there until after 3 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a call that their front window had been destroyed.

"I'm just thankful for the church next door and Live Laugh Play," Truman said of his neighbors for their help in alerting police and helping to clean up. He also thanked the Forest Grove Police Department.

Abbey Truman, age 5, gave this reporter a reenactment of the scene.

"He walked over and broke the whole thing," she said, mimicking the throwing action that the alleged perpetrator no doubt employed as he hurled what appeared to be a parking block or curb from the sidewalk or street in front of Pacific Avenue.

As of Wednesday, Picasso's window remains boarded up.