$1K reward offered for information resulting in arrest of suspected vandal

By CHRISTIAN BERTOLACCINI LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

8 years ago

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area contact station was vandalized earlier this week including damage to a door and window, pictured in Henderson, Nev. on Friday, June 17, 2016. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @bridgetkbennett

Lead Park Ranger Gina Mele exits the contact station at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Henderson, Nev. on Friday, June 17, 2016. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @bridgetkbennett

Lead Park Ranger Gina Mele enters the contact station at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area in Henderson, Nev. on Friday, June 17, 2016. (Bridget Bennett/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Follow @bridgetkbennett

The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $1,000 reward for information resulting in the arrest of the party responsible for breaking a glass window and door, damaging siding, and overturning a temporary restroom at Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area on the June 13.

“We are looking to the community to help us identify the culprit,” Robbie McAboy, National Conservation Area Manager said in a statement.

The bureau estimates the cost of repairing the damage to be $2,300; the repairs are expected to conclude this week.

The visitor contact station opened on May 20 and is staffed by BLM employees and Friends of Sloan Canyon volunteers, the bureau said. The station is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday throughout the summer and will open daily in October, the bureau said.

BLM Law Enforcement is investigating the vandalism. It can be reached at 1-800-521-6501.

Contact Christian Bertolaccini at cbertolaccini@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @bertolaccinic on Twitter.