By By Ben Rayner
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03/15/2022 03:57 p.m. EST
The investigation into the vandalism incident this past November in which a number of residential windows were broken around the Town Green is ongoing, according to Guilford Police Chief Butch Hyatt, who also shared several warnings about recent scams and vehicle crimes.
Readers may remember an incident from this past November during the town’s Tree Lighting Ceremony, when six residences in relative close proximity to the green were vandalized by someone breaking out windows with a non-ballistic weapon, most likely a sling shot or “wrist rocket” style device. No one was injured in the incidents, but there were people at home and in the rooms, including children, when these projectiles broke through windows, making for a number of angry and scared homeowners.
Hyatt said that no arrests are imminent, but he had hopes that some of the evidence gathered during the subsequent investigation might prove valuable in pointing to a culprit(s). According to Hyatt, evidence has been sent to the Connecticut State Crime Lab and is currently awaiting testing.
“We still have evidence up at the lab. Unfortunately, these matters get prioritized, when a homicide or another serious occurs, those crimes normally get preference and other case are pushed further down obviously, so we are still waiting for some of that to get back to us,” Hyatt said. “We currently don’t have an update on that…
