October 20th 2023.
In June of this year, an incident occurred at the Bliss Park playground in Longmeadow, Massachusetts that left four children playing on the equipment injured. A mother reported that a mysterious liquid on the playground had caused her children to suffer “burn-like” injuries.
Upon investigation, it was revealed that two underage juveniles had broken into a maintenance shed nearby and stolen a supply of hydrochloric acid used to clean the park’s pool. They had then poured the acid down three different slides at the playground.
Ashley Thielen, the mother who had made the original report, expressed her shock and disbelief, saying, “I didn’t really think much of it, and then, my baby, who is one, just started crying.”
This week, four months after the children were injured, Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gullumi announced the arrests of the two youths responsible. He expressed his gratitude for the “remarkable job” done by the Longmeadow Police Department and Longmeadow Fire Department in investigating the “shocking and terrible incident”.
The two minors were charged with four counts each of assault and battery on child with injury, assault and battery with dangerous weapon, and vandalism. Gullumi made it clear that such malicious acts will not be tolerated, saying, “Whether the threat and harm caused were intended as pranks or malicious acts, it will not be tolerated.”
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