Calculations are that the home suffered between twenty to thirty thousand dollars in damage. Sources say it appeared the teens stayed in the house for several hours, perhaps even overnight. The Troopers were quickly notified and the investigation began. And at first there were very few leads. Then in January some information came to light which identified one of the perpetrators. This led to the revelation that the participants were 12 local teens who had used the empty house for a party, a party which had clearly spun badly out of control. As you have undoubtedly surmised by now one of the teenagers identified was Willow Palin.

Moose-o-lini claimed Willow had been "out of town".

However when Troopers interviewed the other teens, every single one of them identified Willow as a participant, and further revealed that it was she who directed the other teens to the house, which she knew to be empty, for the sole purpose of having a party.

Then, true to form, she started pulling strings.

According to sources close to the Alaska State troopers there was a secret weekend meeting. This meeting took place between the Palin’s and some very highly placed people involved in the juvenile justice department. Directly after this secret meeting the word came down to the juvenile justice probation officer, Chris Evans, that ONLY the boys who had participated would be charged with the crime. The girls would only be identified as “witnesses” and face no criminal penalties.

According to the National Enquirer:

"About two dozen kids broke into the house that was up for sale. They drank, played beer pong, listened to loud music - and trashed the place. "Police were notified, and they investigated the incident for possible vandalism and breaking and entering. When the pal who threw the bash was questioned by police, she named Willow as one of the partiers."

AlaskaWTF calls Willow the "ringleader" of this crime.

The apple doesn't fall far from the Tundra Trollop wild Alaskan dingbat (edited since some folks were offended and it's not nice to insult trollops).

Edited to add: Sarah Palin's eldest son Track was also accused of vandalism in another case.