By JOHN M. HOOBER III, Staff
Vandals have been active in Ephrata, and one of their targets was a historical railroad car that sits near the center of town.
Ephrata police received word Monday that vandals had entered the Pennsylvania Railroad caboose in the first block of North State Street.
Objects had been thrown around inside the caboose, but police had no damage estimate.
The Ephrata Area Historical Conservation Trust owns and cares for the caboose, police said.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Ephrata police at 738-9200.
Also in Ephrata:
• Vandals on Monday night or early Tuesday sprayed white paint on the driver's side of two parked vehicles. One was in the 100 block of East Walnut Street, and the other was in the first block of Marshall Street.
• Thieves entered an unlocked vehicle in the 100 block of West Sunset Avenue on Monday night and stole a few dollars in loose change.
Elsewhere:
• Vandals spray-painted obscenities on the kitchen building at the Schoeneck Fire Company fire carnival grounds in West Cocalico Township. The incident happened sometime prior to Friday, East Cocalico Township police said.
East Cocalico police also are investigating the following theft incidents:
• About $500 worth of tools stolen from a home in the first block of West Church Street in Reamstown on Saturday.
• A cell phone and large number of compact discs stolen at about 2 p.m. Saturday from a vehicle parked at the Turkey Hill Minit Market, 2 Denver Road, Denver. Sarah Herr, 21, Akron, owned the vehicle, and the estimated loss was $600, police said.
• Theft of a trailer Sunday night from the property of Gold Rush Inc., 920 Stone Hill Road,Denver. The trailer was found about one-quarter mile from the business, police said.
Lancaster City police officers took several theft reports in recent days. The incidents included:
• A compact-disc player and about 20 CDs stolen last weekend from a 1995 Dodge coupe in the 500 block of North Plum Street. The theft loss is about $560, and the thieves did $50 damage to the vehicle, police said.
• A Charm Glow propane gas grill valued at $200 stolen Monday from a 51-year-old man's property in the 300 block of Laurel Street.
• About $200 cash reported stolen between Friday afternoon and Monday morning from a location at the Brunswick Hotel, 151 N. Queen St.
• A compact-disc player and charger stolen Saturday night from a 1998 Dodge truck in the 600 block of Wyncroft Lane in Lancaster Township.
• A catalytic converter, valued at $900, stolen between 4 and 6:30 p.m. Friday from a location in the first block of Chesapeake Street. Someone cut out the converter from underneath a 2001 Jeep that belonged to a 51-year-old woman, police said.
Staff writer John M. Hoober III can be reached at jhoober@LNPnews.com or 481-6027.
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