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Edina offers $1,000 reward in park vandalism incidents

By John Reinan

July 28, 2016 at 3:01AM

Vandalism at Fred Richards Park in Edina. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Edina Crime Prevention Fund is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and charging of those responsible for recent vandalism at Courtney Fields and Fred Richards Park.

The scoreboard at Courtney Fields and three other signs at Braemar Park were vandalized overnight on July 21.

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Using red and green spray paint, vandals wrote "Gorilla Troop" and "King Kunta Harambe."

Between July 15 and 26, vandals tagged the clubhouse at Fred Richards Park with the same words.

Anyone with information on the incidents is asked to contact police at 952-826-1600 at any time of day. Callers can remain confidential.

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John Reinan is a news reporter covering Greater Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. For the Star Tribune, he's also covered the western Twin Cities suburbs, as well as marketing, advertising and consumer news. He's been a reporter for more than 20 years and also did a stint at a marketing agency.