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Tacoma: $500,000 Construction Vandalism (May, 2008)

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Jun 07, 2008 21:16

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From Tacoma News Tribune
Lights And Sirens Blog

Deputies were searching Monday for vandals who carried out a major smash-and-destroy project over the weekend, causing upward of $500,000 damage to heavy-duty construction equipment.

Investigators didn't know the vandals' intent but were looking into whether the construction equipment was intentionally targeted.

"That's a lot of vandalism," Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said. "Somebody had to know how to run and start and operate all of these things."

The machinery was parked at a commercial construction site in the 3800 block of 200th Street East in the Frederickson area.

Sometime between noon Saturday and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, vandals rammed the trucks and excavators into each other, smashing the engines. They also used an excavator to dig a hole in an attempt to bury a dump truck. The destruction was discovered by an employee Sunday night and reported to Pierce County sheriff's deputies.

Troyer said the vandals left no spray-painted messages behind. Forensic specialists went to the scene to collect evidence from the damaged machines.

Investigators were looking for anyone who might have heard the destruction over the weekend or who knows who was involved.

 http://blogs.thenewstribune.com/crime/2008/06/05/reward_upped_in_500_000_construction_van

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