EDMONTON—Four youths are facing charges after a vandalism spree left people picking up the pieces of smashed windows on cars and homes in 80 incidents spread throughout west Edmonton.

A resident near 120 St. and 108 Ave., awoke to the sounds of smashing glass and called police early Sunday.

Patrol units rushed to the area and saw a suspicious vehicle driving with its lights off.

Officers stopped the car with four youths inside and found more than 25 paving stones sitting in the front seat.

The paving stones matched those used in a vandalism spree that left windows smashed in the neighbourhoods of Westmount, Grovener, Meadowlark Park, Jasper Park, Woodcroft, Inglewood, North Glenora, Sherbrooke, and Parkview on June 27 and July 4.

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In those incidents, vandals used paving stones to smash the windows of cars and homes, causing what police described as an “immense” amount of damage.

Four male youths — who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — are facing multiple mischief-related charges in connection to the 80 incidents of vandalism.

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