More Vandalism at DCF. Police Low on “Solvables”.

The Hartford regional office of the Department of Children and Families was hit by another incident of parking lot vandalism last week. Last month, Daily Ructions reported on an employees motor vehicle being set on fire in the office parking lot. On April 8th, the rear window on the same employee’s Chevrolet Tahoe was shot and shattered early in the afternoon.

A Hartford police report states that an officer and the owner of the Tahoe, Aaron Howard, attempted without success to locate a bb pellet that might have caused the damage. The report states, “An anonymous complainant reported that she was in her vehicle having a cigarette. She reported that while she was in her vehicle smoking she heard a loud bang. That is when she got out of her vehicle and observed the glass on Howard’s vehicle was broken. She reported she did not see who broke the window.” A review of surveillance footage failed to reveal the offender.

A department spokesman says this case and the previous one, in which Howard was also the victim, are low on “solvables”. That means clues. The police report concludes, “Nothing further to report.”

DCF, however, told office employees in a Monday memo, “Law enforcement has been engaged, as well as building security, to investigate and these matters to an end. In additions the Hartford Police Department will be increasing its patrols of this area and all parking lots for 250 Hamilton Street [regional headquarters].” The memo also states that “[w]hile these do not appear to be random events, we wanted to let employees know that we are taking these occurrences extremely seriously.”