Update: Oakdale Man Charged With Damaging Business Owner’s Car

Update (Nov. 23, 2:15 p.m.): A Washington County judge convicted Oakdale’s Domonic C. Sofie, 19, of felony first-degree damage to property on Nov. 16 in connection with a three-person vandalism scheme in June.

Washington County judge Richard C. Ilkka sentenced Sofie to five years' probation and credit for 66 days time served in the Washington County Jail. 

Sofie was also ordered to comply with the following conditions:

• No same or similar offenses between Nov. 16, 2011 and Nov. 16, 2016
• Supply DNA sample
• Pay $5,145.82 restitution through Washington County Court Administration
• No alcohol/controlled substance use until Nov. 16, 2016
• Undergo random urinanalysis/drug screening
• Undergo chemical dependency evaluation/treatment
• Submit to an Intensive Supervision Program (ISP)
• Obtain Cognitive Skills Evaluation
• Obtain psychological evaluation/treatment

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Original story (June 20, 9:53 p.m.): An Oakdale man is charged with helping cause more than $6,000 damage to a car parked in the Bergen Plaza parking lot, according to a Washington County District Court Complaint.

Domonic C. Sofie, 18, of Oakdale, allegedly was one of three men who got out of a truck around 11 a.m. Monday, June 13, used a hammer and a metal spikes to dent and gouge the car, and spray painted “spot reserved” on the hood of the car, according to the complaint.

Police tracked down Sofie after seeing in surveillance video that his vehicle was involved in the incident, the complaint says.

The damaged car’s owner—who is the proprietor of a business adjacent to Smokedale Tobacco—told police he had parked in front of the tobacco shop, according to the court complaint.

Sofie told police that owner Hatem Younis offered him $150 to damage the car, the complaint says. He said he picked up two friends, brought them to the parking lot, and then they damaged the vehicle together, the complaint says.

Younis said he doesn’t know Sofie and he wasn’t involved in the property damage incident.

Sofie said he spray painted “spot reserved” on the car, while the two people with him damaged the car with a hammer and a spike, the complaint says.

Sofie is charged with first-degree aiding and abetting damage to property, according to the court complaint, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $10,000 in fines.