By VICTORIA STONE-MEADOWS
WARBURTON Police are searching for serial vandals who have been targeting a particular bus shelter in Millgrove.
The bus shelter on the corner of Warburton Highway and McKenzie King Drive has had its glass smashed multiple times this year already.
Millgrove Resident Maurice Scott is very unhappy that nothing has been done to prevent the bus shelter glass from being smashed time and again.
“It’s been a target for vandalism seven times this year and the glass keeps being replaced,” he said.
“I have seen elderly people up to 90 years old have to stand there because they can’t sit in it to use the shelter, because some thug seems to think it’s a thrill to smash it.”
Leading Senior Constable Tony Pagles of Warburton Police said this kind of behaviour just wasn’t acceptable.
“The shelter does seem to have the glass smashed on it more frequently than others in the area,” he said.
“While it’s Adshel’s responsibility to repair the damage, it’s still damage to public and private property – always looking to prosecute people for that.”
Mr Scott said he was worried for the safety of those who regularly used the bus shelter, as a lot of users were elderly.
“I’m worried about it looking terrible as well, as elderly people can’t use it properly and they shouldn’t have to stand,” he said.
“I don’t know who vandals are but it needs to be followed up before someone gets hurt.”
LSC Pagles said the message police wanted to send to the vandals was that they wouldn’t like someone to damage their property in any way and it was not acceptable.
“I don’t know what the attraction is to that particular stop,” LSC Pagles said.
The company that owns the shelter, Adshel, were contacted for comment but The Mail did not receive a reply.
