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Man wanted after smashing Freeport Police Department door with a rock

By John Clark,

2024-08-07

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Freeport Police are working to identify a man who threw a rock through the doors of the police department on Sunday.

According to police, the suspect — who was seen wearing a blue jacket with no shirt and dark pants — walked up to the Freeport Police Department and threw the projectile through one of the glass doors.

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=01V7Ca_0uqtjdFY00 — Photo: Freeport Police Department

He then walked back in the direction he came, in the area of Cherry Avenue and Exchange Street.

Damage to the public building carries a charge of Criminal Damage to Property.

Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect, and asks that anyone with information on the assailant’s identity call police or Stateline Area Crime Stoppers at 1-866-TIPS NOW.

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Benjamin Crawford

28d ago

what a joke...

Just Some Random Human

08-09

I guess that guy had nothing better to do that night? What a damn loser. The police need better surveillance equipment.

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