Intruders vandalize Kingwood Center Gardens holiday light display

Police need your help in catching the vandals who broke into Kingwood Center Gardens last week, damaging the holiday lights display and a catering van parked onsite. According to Kingwood’s Executive Director Josh Steffen, cleanup took about four hours. The intruders pushed over one large light tree and dismantled another, smashed some glass display cases flower pots, tossed patio furniture into the garden beds, threw a string of lights into the duck pond and disassembled some of the lighted archway.  Steffen said security footage showed at least four individuals inside the gardens from 1 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Two of them appear to be wearing white clothing, possibly white hoodies, park is working on getting footage to the Mansfield Police Department. Anyone with information that could lead to the identification or arrest of the vandals should call the Mansfield Police Department dispatch center at 419-522-1234.


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