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Kingsport Police Department
Dale Phipps, Chief of Police 200 Shelby Street • Kingsport, TN 37660 http://KingsportTN.gov/City-Services/Police-Department• www.KingsportPDBlog.com |
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| NEWS RELEASE | ||||
| SUBJECT: | Kingsport Police Investigating Extensive Vandalism to Former Colonial Heights Middle School Building | |||
| DATE: | May 30, 2023 | |||
| CASE #: | 23-010287 | |||
| GENERAL NARRATIVE | ||||
| On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Kingsport Police Patrol Officers were called to the former Colonial Heights Middle School building, located at 415 Lebanon Road in Kingsport. The vacant building, now owned and being remodeled by Lakeway Christian Schools, had been extensively vandalized at some point over the previous weekend.
The malicious damage included but was not necessarily limited to broken exterior and interior windows, shattered basketball backboards, damaged ceiling tiles, and graffiti spray-painted throughout the building. A preliminary property damage estimate exceeds $25,000. This incident is currently under open investigation by the K.P.D. Criminal Investigations Division. Detectives are still actively working to develop suspects. Anyone who may know the identity of the culprits or who may have any additional information to assist with the investigation is asked to contact Detectives at 423-229-9423 or call Kingsport Central Dispatch at 423-246-9111. Alternatively, if an individual who is able to supply information related to this or any other case wishes not to be identified, tips can be submitted anonymously via online “Citizen Feedback” forms available at the following link: https://www.kingsporttn.gov/city-services/police-department/contact-us |
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| RELEASING OFFICER | ||
| Thomas M. Patton, Public Information Officer
Kingsport Police Department Professional Standards Unit 423-229-9433 (Desk) • 423-343-9749 (FAX) ThomasMPatton |
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