Incident #: 2008002188
Type: SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY-NOT IN PROG
Time Received: 08/03/2020 11:31:35
Status: COMPLETE
Service: POLICE
NLCRPD Patrol District Designation: L86 SECTOR 11 WARWICK TWP P867
Originated By: ON VIEW
Primary Agency: NORTHERN LANCASTER COUNTY REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT
Responsible Unit: P86-1
Location: 651 KISSEL HILL RD
Municipality: WARWICK TOWNSHIP
Common Place: LITITZ PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cross Streets: E 6TH ST/SWARTHMORE DR
Latitude: 40.1471053701677
Longitude: -76.2942038914666

NLCRPD is investigating the damages inflicted on the Lancaster County Veterans Honor Park in Warwick Township adjacent to the Lititz Public Library. The damages to the memorial consisted of various graffiti items posted on the walls and other surfaces of the memorial. The time of the desecration of the park is within the last week. Several juvenile males were observed in the area of the park and were to have ran when observed by officials associated with the honor park. According to the reporting party these males between the ages of 8-15 ran into a nearby housing tract.

Honor park officials remind the public that desecration of the honor park for veterans constitutes a felony offense under federal statutes and is also a crime with potential enhancement provisions under Pennsylvania statute. Complete costs for repair and restoration has not been determined.

Anyone with further information concerning this senseless act is requested to contact the NLCRPD at 717-733-0965 or by submission of a crime tip on the NLCRPD webpage