Crime & Safety

Police Seek Public's Help After 20 Headstones Damaged in Cemetery

Crime Stoppers is looking for tips to solve the crime.

Crime Stoppers and the are seeking information to help solve a case involving criminal damage to property in the Mt. Thabor Cemetery.

According to police, two unknown male Caucasian subjects wearing jeans and black T-shirts were observed damaging head stones in the Mt. Thabor Cemetery, 270 Mt. Thabor Rd., around 5 p.m. March 25. The subjects ran away from the area through the open field into the Bryn Mawr subdivision.

After further investigation it appears approximately 20 headstones were damaged.

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Crime Stoppers pays cash rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and filing of criminal charges against offenders.

Tips can also be texted anonymously to “TIP411” (847411) with the keyword “TIPCLPD” within the text.

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Crime Stoppers does not use Caller I.D. Any information about this crime, or any other crime, can be called into  Crime Stoppers at 1-800-762-STOP (7867).

People may also call the Crystal Lake Police Department Investigations Division at 815-459-4481. This number also does not use Caller I.D.


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