The West Chester Borough Police Department is looking for five believed to be teenage males who vandalized and trespassed at a railroad property.
On Saturday, July 20, at approximately 2:30 p.m., the West Chester Railroad said five males entered their Adams Street Yard in West Chester.
According to officials, the trespassers spent around 20 minutes climbing on all the locomotives and trying to see if any of the doors were unlocked. They discharged two of four fire extinguishers while they were there.
"If you've ever walked on top of one of them, you could fall pretty easy. And that's when you get hurt. And that's when we get sued," Joe Giacchino, president of the nonprofit railroad said.
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Security cameras caught them in the act and the West Chester Railroad released images and video.
In the videos the railroad property shared you can see that all five individuals have on the same uniform consisting of a white t-shirt with some type of logo on the front and light blue shorts.
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Police said the boys' uniforms linked them to a regional lacrosse tournament that is nearby this weekend. Officials reached out to the tournament but are still asking for the public's help identifying these specific five boys.
Also seen in the one of the videos is one of the boys discharging a fire extinguisher.
The railroad property contacted the West Chester Borough police who are working to identify the individuals.
“Trespassing on railroad property is not only illegal, it can be extremely dangerous and lead to injury or death,” the railroad property said in a social media post.
Police say the boys could face a trespassing violation or criminal mischief charges but it depends on what the railroad wants to do.
"Community service would be good. I think that they should get a little smack on the wrist and stop screwing around with things they don't have to play around with," Gaicchino said. "What do you see in fooling around on dangerous equipment that you don't know what's going on? You don't have any idea if anything's going to move?"
Giacchino also wants to be reimbursed the $200 for the fire extinguishers the boys discharged.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
