Turtle Patrol’s ATV Is Stolen and Building Vandalized in Latest in Series of Criminal Mischief Incidents in Marineland
Thieves burglarized the Marineland Coastal Policy Center, vandalized the facility, and stole the Volusia-Flagler Turtle Patrol's all-terrain vehicle kept there, alongside a data tablet, forcing Patrol volunteers to conduct morning nesting counts on foot during an especially busy…
Sometime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Wednesday, thieves broke into a shed behind the building known as the Marineland Coastal Policy Center where the Volusia-Flagler Turtle Patrol keeps an office, used a fire extinguisher to vandalize the interiors of the building, stole a computer tablet used to document turtle nesting, and stole the Patrol’s ATV out of the shed, which they also vandalized.
“They kind of ransacked it,” the Turtle Patrol’s Lori Ottlein said, “they broke the window to get in, but there isn’t much in there. …
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