Tire tracks were made in the Jefferson Village School baseball/soccer field sometime in the overnight hours of June 12-13. (D. Lobkowicz photo) |
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the person or persons responsible for damaging the recently repaired baseball/soccer field at the Jefferson Village School sometime during the overnight hours of June 12-13.
LCSO Lt. Rand Maker confirmed someone used a vehicle to tear up the field sometime during the night. The investigation is still in its earliest phases, Maker said. As such, Maker said he did not have any information regarding financial impact and he personally was unaware of the specific scope of the damage.
However, Maker said, somebody in the community either knows or has reason to believe they have information about the crime. Anyone with any information is urged to call the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office at 882-7332 or 549-7072. Callers do not have to identify themselves to report a suspicion, Maker said.
Tips may also be submitted anonymously via text message simply by texting “LTip” to 274637 or clicking the link on the LCSO’s webpage.
“(The field is) a community resource, and I guarantee you we are not going to solve this without the community’s help,” Maker said.
Speaking at the field Saturday morning, JVS Principal Peter Gallace said a vehicle apparently got on the field via an access road near the backstop. Gallace said someone allegedly reported hearing revving in the area sometime around 11 p.m.
Gallace said he planned to knock on doors of nearby homes to see if anyone heard anything related to the damage.
Local contractor Darryl Flagg, some of his workers, and his grandson were at the field undertaking repairs Saturday morning, Gallace said. Gallace said Flagg plans to restore and reseed the damaged areas, hopefully avoiding the need to put any machinery out on the field.
The Jefferson School Committee awarded the job of replacing the field’s topsoil, which was found to be contaminated with glass and other materials after its construction, to Flagg in early May.
The field was seeded about two weeks ago, Gallace said.
Gallace said he was alerted to the damage by the LCSO deputies via telephone Saturday morning.
