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Road sign crimes costly for taxpayers

February 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Davison County highway superintendent says losses run about $4,000 annually.

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Hill City foundry to repair toppled Clinton statue

November 26, 2012 in The Daily Republic

RAPID CITY (AP) A bronze statue of President Bill Clinton could be back in Rapid City soon after it was taken to a Hill City foundry for repairs, officials say.
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Vandals wreck park restrooms

October 9, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press

Friday morning brought bad news for the Alexandria Park Department.
A staff person was doing a regular garbage and restroom check at the Alexandria City Park when he came upon significant damage. Continue Reading

Mitchell police seek information on cases of vandalism

July 28, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Three vehicles and an enclosed utility trailer were vandalized overnight earlier this week and the crime is the Mitchell Area Crime Stoppers “Crime of the Week.”
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Vandals cut wide swath through Mitchell

July 24, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Stolen vehicles used to vandalize football field, mailboxes, street signs.
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Raccoon captured as wave of knocked-over vases in GF cemetery

June 8, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Robin Purcell had a mystery on his hands. Every day for nearly a month, he would arrive at Memorial Park Cemetery to a scene of vandalism flowers pulled out and laid next to the vases that once contained them. The aptly nicknamed “Flower Bandit” looked every bit the part down to his dark mask, beady eyes andbushy tail? The criminal was not a juvenile delinquent, but rather a raccoon. Continue Reading

Vehicles vandalized on East 1st Avenue in Mitchell

May 7, 2012 in The Daily Republic

Sometime between 5:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, and 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, a person or persons vandalized six different vehicles that were parked on the 400 block of E. Third and in the area of the 400 to 800 blocks of East First Avenues in Mitchell.
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Police investigate widespread vandalism in Dickinson

October 12, 2011 in The Dickinson Press

Dozens of Dickinson vehicle windows and buildings have been vandalized over the last few days, authorities said Wednesday.
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Vandalism at the VFW

August 15, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe

Graffiti on the Worthington VFW sign appeared overnight and was first reported Monday morning. Because the sign hangs high over the sidewalk, the vandalism was likely done from the roof of the building. The nearby Elks Lodge also had graffiti marks, a source said. Continue Reading

Authorities: Vandalism suspected at Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse memorial

August 3, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

About two dozen stainless steel letters were found to be torn from the Remembrance Garden memorial, which was just dedicated Monday the fourth anniversary of the collapse that killed 13 people and injured 145 others. Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said the city believes the letters were intentionally removed. Continue Reading