Hobart Police Looking To Identify Vandals
On February 29, 2020 at approximately 1:40 AM in the area of Festival Park, located along the Lake George Lakefront in Downtown Hobart, a possible gray or black colored vehicle was observed on surveillance video driving on the sidewalks along the lakefront. The vehicle was observed driving into light posts, which knocked them down and caused several thousand dollars worth of damage. One of the light posts that was destroyed served as a memorial of deceased person and the other commemorated a local civil organization.
Along with surveillance evidence, Officers also recovered debris from the suspect vehicle and the vehicle is suspected to be a 2001-2003 Ford Taurus, but due to the lighting, it is difficult to determine the actual color of the suspect vehicle, but it could be gray or black. The debris recovered may belong to the driver’s side taillight lens cover.
It is important to the Hobart Police Department that we attempt to ID the suspect(s) in order to receive compensation to repair these light posts, so that these memorials can be restored to their original condition, so they can represent who and what they were intended to memorialize.
Anyone who may have any information or can identify the person(s) responsible for the damage to this commemorative property can contact Detective Zachary Crawford by e-mail at zcrawford@cityofhobart.org or at his desk number at 219-942-4774. Anyone with information will remain anonymous.
