Sep 13, 2022

Multiple north Salina locations get tagged with gang initials

Posted Sep 13, 2022 4:03 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

Police are investigating multiple damage to property incidents after initials were spray painted at several north Salina locations overnight.

Police were notified about the spray painting at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The initials "TVL" were spray painted in red at five locations. "TVL" is an abbreviation in the gang world for the Traveling Vice Lords, Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning.

Locations that got tagged include the following, Forrester said.

●Budget King, 809 N. Broadway Boulevard

●Salina Appliance, 740 N. Ninth Street

●Trejo Repair, 800 N. Ninth Street

●Hawthorne Park, 715 N. Ninth Street

●Arrow Printing, 115 W. Woodland Avenue

Damage was estimated at $250 for each location, he said.

Forrester declined to speculate whether actual gang members had done the tagging.