Hope Police: Arsonist Sets Fire That Leaves $50,000 in Damage at Community Center
By: KTVE
Updated: February 12, 2013
The Hope Police Department is investigating after it says someone broke into a community center and set it on fire.
It happened shortly before two o'clock this morning at the Northside Community Center on North Spruce Street.
According to a statement from Hope Police Chief J. R. Wilson, the suspect threw a rock through a side glass door, broke into a locked office area and set the fire.
Wilson said the responding officer estimated the fire caused about $50,000 in damage, with most of it restricted to two offices in the front of the building.
According to his statement, a television was also removed from the center and placed behind a building next door, where it was recovered by investigators.
Wilson said the motive isn't clear.
Police are asking anyone with additional information about what happened to contact them.
It happened shortly before two o'clock this morning at the Northside Community Center on North Spruce Street.
According to a statement from Hope Police Chief J. R. Wilson, the suspect threw a rock through a side glass door, broke into a locked office area and set the fire.
Wilson said the responding officer estimated the fire caused about $50,000 in damage, with most of it restricted to two offices in the front of the building.
According to his statement, a television was also removed from the center and placed behind a building next door, where it was recovered by investigators.
Wilson said the motive isn't clear.
Police are asking anyone with additional information about what happened to contact them.
