Grown man arrested for slingshot vandalisms

Norfolk Police said they were investigating a series of vandalisms in February where multiple windows were shot out by a slingshot. 

March 31, 2025Updated: March 31, 2025
News Channel NebraskaBy News Channel Nebraska

NORFOLK, Neb. -- It's the type of crime you might associate with mischievous kids, but authorities said a Norfolk man is in jail after a series of vandalisms. 

51-year-old Ralph Books was arrested on Sunday for the vandalisms.

Police said they were investigating a series of vandalisms in February where multiple windows were shot out by a slingshot. 

That investigation led to Books, who was arrested on a felony criminal mischief charge.

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