Crime & Safety

Windows Smashed On 9 Cars Parked In Solon Lot

The damage will cost the owners some $7,500 to repair, police said.

SOLON, OH — Several vehicles parked behind Outdoor Lighting had their windows broken out between Monday and Tuesday afternoon, police said. The damages will cost more than $7,500 to repair.

The Richmond Road business contacted police at about 7:50 a.m. on Tuesday. They told officers that whoever broke the windows had to have done it between 4:30 p.m. on Monday at Tuesday morning.

In total, there were nine vehicles damaged. Seven of the targeted vehicles were owned by local businesses, two were privately owned.

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The detective bureau is investigating the crimes.

During the last weeks of October, another large-scale, vehicular vandalism occurred in Solon. Four school buses parked at Orchard Middle School were spray painted with, what looks like, a generic symbol.

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The defacement was discovered at about 9 a.m. on October 25. The clean-up on the spray-painting was a lot cheaper than smashed windows. School district officials said the buses were cleaned up in one day.

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