LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Video captured by a Little Rock Boys and Girls club shows someone breaking the windows of one of their vans used for after-school care.
Margaret Lewis with the Dalton Whetstone Boys and Girls Club explained the van is used not only to pick up kids after school but also to provide parents comfort in knowing their kids have a safe place to go while they’re at work.
Lewis said a man who was captured on video Sunday morning grabbed a brick and began to break the passenger side window and stole a charger. She says he left and quickly came back in a change of clothes to once again break nearly all of the van’s windows.
“I couldn’t believe why somebody would do something like that,” Lewis said. “I mean this is the boys and girls club, this is a safe place for the kids to come.”
Lewis added that she is not sure about the estimated cost in damages as their insurance looks things over.
She said the destruction of the van will hurt families dearly.
“The parents will suffer because now they will have to find a way to get their kids from school to here,” Lewis said. “A lot of parents work, they just can’t take off work.”
Lewis said close to 15 families depend on the van because here they provide students a home away from home.
“After they do homework, they can do arts and crafts, they can come to the learning center, play games, get on the chess table and stem and there is a gym,” Lewis said.
She says they also use the van to take summer trips for the students.
The significance of the van is why she says they posted the surveillance video online.
“We put it out there with the group chat and someone saw the guy walking down the street and he had the same clothes,” Lewis said.
Officials with the Little Rock Police say they arrested 36-year-old Jacob Banks as a suspect in the case, he is facing charges like breaking or entering, theft of property and more.
Lewis said her main concern is the kids and families this impacted.
“Whatever he has done he has to deal with the law and it’s out of my control but my concern is the kids,” Lewis said.
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