Porta-Potty Set On Fire At Hidden Lakes Trout Farm: Preserve

BOLINGBROOK, IL — A porta-potty was vandalized last week at Hidden Lakes Trout Farm in Bolingbrook, according to the Forest Preserve District of Will County.

Preserve police were called to the Bolingbrook preserve at 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 28 for a report of a fire, the preserve told Patch. The Bolingbrook Fire Department was also called, and firefighters extinguished the fire.

A porta-potty and the post it was tied to, along with one garbage can, were burned in the fire, the preserve said.

The porta-potty melted onto the trail, but the remnants were removed by the Forest Preserve’s operations department, the preserve said. The trail is usable and not in need of repairs as a result of the vandalism.

Forest Preserve police are working with Bolingbrook Fire Department to investigate the incident. Preserve patrons are asked to call the Forest Preserve’s non-emergency police dispatch number, 815-727-6191 (press option 9), if they see anything suspicious at a preserve.

This is not the first incident of vandalism in recent months at the Bolingbrook preserve. Planned improvement projects were set back due to vandalism in May, which included $18,000 in damage to an electrical panel that controls the water levels in the lakes; and vandals also tried to remove the circuit breaks for an electrical cabinet that controlled the aerators for the lakes.