HUBER HEIGHTS — Three teenagers are facing vandalism and arson charges after they were accused of setting a playground at Community Park last week, according to Huber Heights police.
The teens, ages 14, 16 and 17, are not currently in custody.
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Firefighters and police responded to the park around 1:30 p.m. Thursday after a mulch fire had spread to the playground equipment.
“These three kids were sitting right there right before it started. One kid I saw running toward the back of Studebaker…the other two just followed. Then I look back and I see this thing on fire,” a 911 caller said. “It’s smoking, it’s bad. It’s on fire. I see the fire.”
Police reviewed surveillance video as part of their investigation into the arson.
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Huber Heights Police said the equipment is a total loss.
The Ohio Blue Ribbon Award Committee had offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads police to who set the fire.
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