- One woman who called around 2 p.m. on Sunday said that between 9 p.m. on Saturday and 11 p.m. on Sunday, someone damaged her 2019 Hyundai G70 in the 900 block of West Pleasant Street with fireworks, a report said. The woman said there were burn marks on her sunroof and trunk lid.
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- A man called around 8 a.m. on Sunday to report that sometime between 5 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. on Sunday, a neighbor damaged his three vehicles - a 2016 electric Glide Harley Davidson, 2002 Cadillac Escalade and 2001 Chevy S10 truck - in the 200 block of North Jackson Street by setting off fireworks on his property, a report said. The man said, "his security cameras caught the suspect lighting the fireworks right next to his 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle. He states there were several other people standing around him as he did this," the report said. "The fireworks caused debris and residue from the fireworks to be embedded in the paint of all three of his vehicles… The residue was all over the windshields also." According to the report, the suspect is described to be a man in his mid to late 30s, between 5-foot-10 and 6-foot-2, and about 230 pounds.
Another call was made at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday from a woman who said her 2007 Chevy Blazer that was parked in her driveway in the 900 block of Southfield Avenue was damaged, a report said. “She advised that several people in the neighborhood were setting off large numbers of fireworks. She advised that a piece of debris from the fireworks struck the open, back hatch glass of her vehicle, causing it to shatter,” the report said.
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- Officers were dispatched around 8:20 p.m. on Saturday to the 1500 block of Prospect Street in reference to property damage, a report said. When police arrived, they spoke with a witness who said she was reading a book in her backyard when she heard a loud explosion. "(The witness) then stated that she walked over to her neighbor's house and saw his garage door dented in. She believed the fireworks were coming from the neighbors address that caused this damage," the report said.
- Officers were also dispatched around 1:25 p.m. on Saturday to the 600 block of Cedar Street in reference to a report of a 2006 Honda Pilot that had been damaged the previous evening by fireworks, a report said. "(The man) advised that there was an incident in the late evening of Friday involving fireworks being set off in the area," the report said. "When the sun came up, (the man) found two small burn marks on the rear passenger side door just below the window."
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