Posted: Mar 24, 2014 4:38 PM CDT
Updated: Mar 24, 2014 10:13 PM CDT
By Dan Howell KWQC
Authorities in East Moline say they found around a dozen razor blades glued to playground equipment this afternoon at Millennium Park on Archer Drive in East Moline. Police say a two-year-old child was injured with a cut on his hand.
“I’ve seen a lot of things, but not razor blades glued to equipment at a park,” said Lieutenant Brian Foltz, who has been with the East Moline Police Department for almost 20 years.
He says police responded to Millennium Park at around 12:45 PM.
“East Moline parks are safe, but it’s just a bad situation, bad instance where somebody, or maybe a group of kids, I don’t know who did this, but figured this would be a fun prank to do,” he said.
The boy’s father treated him at home, and went with police to the park, where they say they found and removed around a dozen razor blades glued onto park equipment with a white, putty-like substance. The evidence remains visible.
Parents say they’re surprised to see this kind of vandalism.