Originally Posted by cc700
if it was not intentional then it's not vandalism, but it's still willful destruction of public property not implicit in the proper use of the property, and should be legally prosecuted.
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that this is not true. I think that malicious intent while committing vandalism might aggravate the charge, but [as in the case of murder, assault, etc] not committing a crime 'intentionally' doesn't excuse one from culpability...regardless, as you said, both are technically a crime.