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Sorrento Blind Bay park targeted with ongoing vandalism

Chase RCMP will increase patrols to prevent damage to park equipment
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The Sorrento Blind Bay Community Park has been the target of ongoing vandalism. (Google Maps image)

A Shuswap public park was recently vandalized.

According to Chase RCMP, there have been ongoing issues at the Sorrento Blind Bay Community Park.

Sgt. Barry Kennedy said park equipment has beenp urposefully damaged on several occasions. Lights have been smashed, picnic tables overturned and washrooms damaged.

Kennedy said video surveillance footage captured several people at the park between 11:30 p.m. and 3 a.m. on multiple occasions. They came to the park on foot.

Chase RCMP will increase patrols in the area, Kennedy confirmed.

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Rebecca Willson

About the Author: Rebecca Willson

I took my first step into the journalism industry in November 2022 when I moved to Salmon Arm to work for the Observer and Eagle Valley News. I graduated with a journalism degree in December 2021 from MacEwan University in Edmonton.
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