NAMPA, Idaho — Nampa Police are hoping someone has information that will help them find whoever's responsible for damaging electronic play equipment at West Park.
The police department said Friday morning in a Facebook post that the vandalism took place back on June 11 - in the middle of the night.
"We know. What took us so long to post this? Why are we posting it now? Better late than never," the post reads, adding that someone out there has information to help solve the crime.
The damaged equipment was part of a Neos playground system programmed with light and sound games.
West Park is located next to West Middle School, near the intersection of Lone Star Road and Midland Boulevard.
If you have information about what happened, Nampa Police want to hear from you. They ask you to contact the officer investigating this case at 208-468-5650 or message the department through the NPD Facebook page.
This isn't the only apparent act of vandalism affecting parks in Nampa this year. The Nampa Parks Department said there have been 15 incidents so far in 2021 - including damage to a playground slide from a fire lit underneath it, a broken playground crawl tube, plugged and broken toilets, other damage to bathrooms, damaged doors or windows on storage and maintenance buildings, a storage area flooded by water turned on and left running, and five incidents of graffiti.
Of the 15 incidents, the parks department reported five to Nampa Police. The department said its property crimes detectives only deal with felony-level vandalism, which involves damage of $1,000 or more.
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