It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully and maliciously injure, deface, destroy, interfere or otherwise destroy or damage any property belonging to another, whether public or private, within the Village of Dwight. Any person committing the above act or acts shall be guilty of the offense of willful and malicious destruction of property.
A.
Any person violating the provisions of this article, including any parent or legal guardian who has failed to exercise proper parental responsibility as hereinafter provided, shall be subject to penalties for each offense of willful and malicious destruction of property committed as designated in the fine rate schedule.
B.
Each additional offense of willful and malicious destruction of property committed after the first such offense shall be punishable by a fine as designated in the Fine Rate Schedule;[1] provided, however, that for the purposes of assessing fines set forth hereunder, but not for the purposes of assessing damages, any person who has not previously committed an act of willful or malicious destruction of property and who commits more than one such act and willful and malicious destruction of property occurring within a twelve-hour period shall be assessed a fine equal to the first offense fine amount for each separate offense committed within the twelve-hour period. Damages caused shall be paid as previously set forth.
C.
An offense of willful and malicious destruction of property committed by a minor shall constitute the same offense for which the responsible parent or guardian shall be held accountable, and fines and damages assessed under this article shall be assessed only once for each act of willful and malicious destruction of property.
All money collected under this article as damages shall be paid to or for the benefit of the owner or owners of the property damaged or destructed, or to the person who suffered the damage or loss sustained by the act of willful and malicious destruction of property involved.