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Brick Thrown Through Front Door Of Wheeling Township Republican Headquarters


View of the boarded up front door of the Republicans of Wheeling Township headquarters at 909 E. Rand Rd., Arington Heights. (Photos courtesy Carl Arriaza)

Vandals threw a landscaping rock through the entrance to the Republicans of Wheeling Township office in Arlington Heights, shattering the front glass door and damaging a desk inside.

The damage was reported to police at approximately 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 4, shortly before members of the political organization marched in the Arlington Heights July 4th parade. The organization on its Facebook page urged anyone with information regarding the damage to contact Arlington Heights police.

The incident is believed to have occurred between 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 3 and 8:30 the next morning at the office, located at 909 E. Rand Rd.

Two weeks ago, a building in the 900 block of E. Rand Road was damaged with spray paint, according to Arlington Heights police reports. Unknown offender(s) caused the damage, police said, and repair costs were unknown. Police reported that incident occurred between 5 p.m. June 22 and 8 a.m. June 23. The Arlington Cardinal reported the graffiti was found on the same multi-tenant building that houses the Republican office. Broken glass was also found at a vacant furniture store to the east, the website reported.

As of Friday morning, the glass door had yet to be replaced and damage estimates were still unknown.

Arlington Heights police classified the incident as a “Bias Incident”. No arrests were made and police considered the case “administratively closed” in their report filed July 4. No surveillance cameras were in the area, police said, and nothing else was missing from the office.

Cleanup of shattered glass continues on July 4 outside the Republican office on Rand Road.

 

Man holds brick used to shatter front glass door and found inside the office on July 4.

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