FIVE CARTER COUNTY JUVENILES ARE FACING CHARGES AFTER ELIZABETHTON POLICE SAY THEY VANDALIZED AND DEFACED A TOWN BUSINESS. THE YOUTHS ARE ACCUSED OF WRITING GRAFFITI ON THE MENY BOARDS AT PAL’S ON WEST ELK AVENUE. THE GRAFFITI CONSISTED OF PROFANITY AND DEROGATORY COMMENTS DIRECTED TOWARD LAW ENFORCEMENT. POLICE ALSO FOUND A SILVER CHAIN AND PENDANT HANGING FROM THE TOP OF THE BUILDING. PRIOR TO THE PAL’S INCIDENT, FOUR OF THE JUVENILES ALLEGEDLY WENT TO THE FOOTBALL DRESSING ROOM AT ELIZABETHTON HIGH SCHOOL AND TOOK A SILVER CHAIN AND PENDANT LEFT IN A FOOTBALL PLAYER’S LOCKER AS WELL AS A FOOTBALL HELMET. THE FIVE JUVENILES HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH VANDALISM UNDER 500 DOLLARS, AND FOUR OF THE JUVENILES WERE ADDITIONALLY CHARGED WITH BURGLARY RESULTING FROM THE THEFTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. JUVENILE PETITIONS HAVE BEEN FILED IN CARTER COUNTY JUVENILE COURT. THE COURT DATES WILL BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE.