Police will be cracking down on regulations that require the parks to be closed at dusk.
LUDLOW – Vandals ripped down and stole the American flag and did more than $625 in damage in Whitney Park and the adjacent Thompson State Pool Friday night or Saturday morning.
The vandals damaged a metal door to bathrooms costing $250, destroyed two security cameras costing $125, stole baseball bases worth about $150, and took at least one lifeguard umbrella worth $100, Police Sgt. Daniel Valadas said.
The vandalism happened some time after 7:30 p.m. Friday in the park off Howard Street. Police are asking for information from anyone who may have seen anything.
This is one of several problems that have happened at town parks recently. Parks are closed from dusk and down and police will be cracking down on that rule, Valadas said.