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Contact: Kaylin Eidsness, Senior Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-833-9537 Fax 952-826-0389 EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
$1,000 Reward Offered in Vandalism at Edina Parks
Edina, Minn., July 27, 2016 — The Edina Crime Prevention Fund is offering a $1,000 reward for
information leading to the arrest and charging of the person or persons responsible for recent vandalism
at Courtney Fields and Fred Richards Park.
Overnight Thursday, July 21, the scoreboard at Courtney Fields and three other signs at Braemar Park
were vandalized. Using red and green spray paint, the vandals wrote “Gorilla Troop" and "King Kunta
Harambe.” Sometime between July 15 and July 26, using red, green, blue and white spray paint, the
vandals also tagged the old clubhouse at Fred Richards Park with the same text.
If you have information regarding these incidents or suspects, contact the Edina Police Department at
952-826-1600, any time of day. Your identity may remain confidential. The Edina Crime Prevention Fund
is the sole judge of any point of contention regarding the reward, and any decision on any issue
connected with the reward is final.
Residents are encouraged to call 911 immediately if they see or hear anything out of the ordinary,
including suspicious vehicles in the area.
For more information, call the Edina Police Department at 952-826-1610.
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