Police are searching for the person who broke into several vehicles on the Lakewood Ford lot to steal four in-dash navigation systems and smash the windows of several cars.

The thefts and vandalism occurred sometime between 8 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 a.m. today at the fenced car lot in the 11500 block of Pacific Highway Southwest.

Lt. Chris Lawler said the thief smashed windows on seven vehicles, causing about $2,800 in damage. The navigation systems were worth more than $12,000.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call the Lakewood Police Department tip line at 253-830-5064 or the …

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Benjamin R. Morrison had been out four-wheeling Sunday and apparently wanted to do more.

He chose Cirque Bridgeport Park in University Place, Pierce County prosecutors allege, and ended up in handcuffs after tearing up a grass field.

The 28-year-old Tacoma resident is now charged with second-degree malicious mischief after causing $2,000 worth of damage at the park.

Court documents provide the following information.

Several people called 911 on Sunday after seeing a truck “doing doughnuts” on the field at the park on Cirque Drive.

“Witnesses later reported the driver spun the tires on his truck while on the field and …

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Someone is vandalizing an environmental rehabilitation project at Tacoma’s Garfield Park, Metro Parks Tacoma reported today.

Volunteers have been working to tear out invasive plant species and replace them with native vegetation in a gulch adjacent to the park for the better part of seven years, the agency said in a news release.

This month, someone has uprooted seedlings and other small plants planted by the volunteers.

“We are finally seeing the fruits of our labor – an established native landscape,” volunteer Rob Girvin said after seeing the destruction. “That is what is at risk.”

Parks officials asked anyone with …

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A Pierce County sheriff’s patrol car was vandalized over the weekend while parked in a Tacoma driveway.

Neighbors told police the deputy was out of town when someone took a dry erase marker and scribbled several profanities across the right front fender of the marked car.

The vehicle was parked in the 7800 block of South L Street when it was vandalized between 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. Saturday, Tacoma police spokesman Mark Fulghum said.