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Vancouver police has charged a person in a slew of vandalism focusing on the home windows of buses travelling by means of the Downtown Eastside final winter.

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Twenty-six transit buses had their home windows damaged by BB gun pellets between January 17 and 31 as they travelled alongside East Hastings Road stated police.

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The incidents occurred when the buses had passengers, however no accidents have been reported. Usually, the injury was not seen by bus drivers till after their shift.

“This was a troublesome investigation, given the variety of buses that had been focused and since not one of the crimes had been instantly reported,” stated Vancouver Police Division spokesman Sgt. Steve Addison in an announcement.

VPD and Transit Police investigators had been in a position to slender down the BB gun shootings to a stretch of Hastings between Columbia and Carrall Streets and recognized a suspect, William Tallio, who was charged on Aug. 29.

The 43-year-old is now needed on a Canada-wide warrant for 11 counts of mischief and 11 counts of possession of a weapon associated to offences that occurred between Jan. 19 and 29.