Day/date: December 4, 1987





                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: vandalism
Log number: 87-268
Date/time of incident: 12/4, 12:15 am Date/time received: 12/4, 8 am
Park: Independence      Location: Liberty Bell Pavilion
Reported by: Maureen Finnerty, ARD/Ops, MARO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Summary:
Shortly after midnight, the park's dispatch center received an alarm
indicating that glass had been broken at the pavilion. Rangers arriving at
the scene discovered that rocks had been thrown through a one-inch-thick
pavilion window, but also found that the Liberty Bell had not been harmed. A
witness was found who was able to give a general description of the vandal.
Rangers and Philadelphia police are currently trying to find the man, who is
thought to be a street person who also attacked and broke the glass on a
number of nearby phone booths. The site has been secured, and personnel will
be present until the glass is replaced.

Estimated cost to replace the window is between $24,000 and $32,000. There
may be problems in finding duplicate replacement glass, and it is anticipated
that it should take between two and nine months for full repairs to be made.
An adjacent panel also received minor damage and will probably have to be
replaced eventually. At present, the window has been patched with plywood.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age



                          FIELD INCIDENT FOLLOW-UP REPORT

Original incident  log number:   87-268
Date/time of original  incident:   12/4,   12:15  am
Park:     Independence                Location:   Liberty Bell Pavilion

Summary of original  report:
Shortly after midnight on the 4th, the park's dispatch center
received an alarm indicating that glass had been broken at the
pavilion.  Rangers arriving at the scene discovered that rocks
had been thrown through a one-inch-thick pavilion window, but also
found that the Liberty Bell had not been harmed. A witness was
 found who was able to give a general description of the
vandal. Rangers and Philadelphia police were trying to find the man,
who was thought to be a street person who has also attacked and
broken the glass on a number of nearby phone booths.  The estimated
cost for replacing the windows was between $24,000 and $32,000, 
and it was expected that there would be problems in finding 
duplicate replacement glass.

Follow-up number:   1
Date/time of  follow-up:   12/21,   11   am
Reported by: Steve Alscher, Law Enforcement Specialist, MARO
Prepared by: Bill Halainen, Ranger Activities, WASO

On December 18th, T.W., a 39-year-old local man who lives on
the streets around the park, turned himself in to rangers and confessed to the
destruction of the window. He was charged with a violation of DS Code and
released on his own recognizance.  A contributor has been found who will be
donating glass to repair the broken window.