CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — In a shocking act of vandalism, a local daycare center was targeted by criminals. The Play & Learn Express daycare, situated on North High Street, became the unfortunate victims.
On Thursday, staff at the daycare center alerted both the police and fire department after discovering that someone had deliberately punched holes in the gas tank of one of the daycare’s buses, resulting in fuel leakage.
Officers and firefighters arrived at the scene to find fuel seeping from the punctured gas tank. The odor of gasoline had been detected by staff around 6:00 AM, indicating that the act of vandalism likely occurred during the early morning hours.
Security footage reviewed by the police revealed an unidentified individual sprinting across the parking lot just before the gas leak was discovered. Investigators are working to ascertain whether the suspect was captured on camera at a nearby residence.
The Chillicothe Police Department urges anyone with information related to this incident to come forward.