HAPPY VALLEY, Ore. (AP) — Police say the 16-year-old son of a Vietnamese-American family moving into a home in the southeast Portland suburb of Happy Valley is responsible for threatening messages and racist graffiti.
Happy Valley police Detective Gil Millett said Friday that the teen was unhappy about his family’s move and the prospect of attending a new high school. Millett says the teen “is very sorry, especially for bringing so much fear into the family home.”
No criminal charges are planned.
Racial slurs were spray-painted Monday on the outside of the home. The family also found a book of matches near a clear plastic bottle of what police believe was gasoline. Warning notes included one that said, “We will burn your house down if we have to.”
