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PORTALES — A 14-year-old boy recently was charged with criminal damage to the Portales Islamic Center, District Attorney Quentin Ray said recently. The boy told authorities he participated in only a small portion of the vandalism done to the building. Mosque director Ahmed Benssouda has said the mosque was vandalized five times in June but that no more damage has occurred since the end of June. Benssouda said police have told him more than one youth was involved in the destruction, but others have not been detained. He said police told him t...