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November 17, 2008

Champaign Police investigators are asking for information regarding an incident involving criminal damage to property and reckless conduct.

On Saturday, November 8th, at approximately 1:11 a.m., officers were called to the location of Market Street and Bradley Avenue in Champaign. Officers were advised that a group of four or five young black male subjects were seen standing on the southwest corner of the intersection. As three LEX buses approached the intersection, one of the black males was observed throwing a paving brick, completely shattering the windshield of one bus. Another paving brick was thrown, which shattered two full-size passenger side windows of another bus. Some of the passengers were sprayed with shattered glass and suffered minor cuts. One passenger was struck by a brick and suffered minor facial injuries.

The young black male subjects were described as being 14 to 16 years of age. One of the subjects seen throwing a brick was wearing a white shirt.

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