Over the past two weeks a number of our soccer goals at various city parks have been vandalized beyond repair and will cost the Folsom Soccer Club thousands of Dollars to replace.
The initial act of vandalism started two weeks ago as a 4 foot by 4 foot hole in two of the nets at Ed Mitchell Park were cut and needed to be replaced. Nets cost as much as $250 each to replace. The same week, both goals at Ernie Sheldon Park were bent and snapped at the base with the crossbars being bent down. Sometime after this past Saturday's games, the goals at Handy Park were essentially destroyed in the same manner as the ones at Sheldon Park. We found out about the Handy Park goals from one of our coaches this morning. These goals can cost upwards of $2500-$3000 each and comes directly out of our general account. At this time we have no suspect(s) but have notified the Police and filed a report. We've spoken to Ernie Sheldon. who will be bringing this up at Tuesday's council meeting. We've also posted this information on various neighborhood sites and have sent the information to the Folsom Telegraph as well as the schools in Folsom. Also, the Folsom Soccer Club will be sending out an email to all of its members, which represent almost 3500 kids playing in FSC, in hopes someone knows something. In addition the club is offering a reward of $1000 for information leading to arrest and conviction. If caught, the vandals will be charged to the fullest extent of the law and will also be asking for restitution to pay to replace the damaged goals.
I've attached a flyer that the club is passing out with all the information, including phone number to call, plus a photo showing the type of vandalism that's been occurring. I hope we can find the people responsible so no further damage occurs to our parks.
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Vandals Strike in Folsom Soccer fields (3).pdf 115.6K
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