He was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, a felony.
They were charged with criminal mischief in the fourth degree.
"Any time you have a focused set of eyes, it helps, not only with drug dealing, but other criminal mischief," he said.
Northern is later arrested and charged with criminal mischief by police.
All are being held on felony counts of criminal mischief.
The five teenagers, all 16 and 17, have been charged with criminal mischief, the police said yesterday.
About 21 percent were cases of criminal mischief, like racist graffiti.
The police said that 773 cases of criminal mischief were reported in the county last year.
Crimes that are considered less serious, including criminal mischief and drug offenses, were down by 6 percent.
He also said no criminal mischief had been reported to the police before the shooting.
