The Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority has twice been a victim of vandalism over the summer and is now seeking help from the public in catching two suspects caught on video.
In a July 3 video, two people are caught on tape trespassing onto MRRA property and breaking into a building. With the case nearly two months old, MRRA is offering a $500 reward for anyone who can identify the intruders.
Images and a video of the suspects can be found on MRRA social media.
MRRA Executive Director Steve Levesque said the Brunswick Police Department has been notified as well and is working on the case. Brunswick Police Cmdr. Mark Waltz said Tuesday the vandalism was officially reported on July 7.
Levesque said the properties broken into were unoccupied. Inside, fire extinguishers were discharged and equipment destroyed — including computer equipment thrown out of windows and onto adjacent roofs.
Ben Sturtevant, MRRA’s marketing and communications manager, said they will be posting more photos as they review the footage.
“We’d like to catch them and prosecute people who have been breaking in buildings and damaging property,” Levesque said.
This time it was only MRRA property. In June, the former Navy picnic grounds were vandalized, with obscenities spray painted over playground equipment and the bathrooms. Light fixtures were destroyed as well as the bathroom interiors. The picnic grounds are still on Navy-owned property.
As yet, there have been no charges filed in the picnic ground vandalism and Waltz said the department is still working on the latest case of vandalism.
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