Vandals hit Rio Rancho library

A RACIAL SLUR AND THREE LETTERS WRITTEN OVER AND OVER MAY SET RIO RANCHO BACK ALMOST 20 THOUSAND DOLLARS VANDALS HIT THE ESTHER BONE MEMORIAL LIBRARY SCRATCHING GRAFFITI INTO THE BACK WINDOWS GADI SCHWARTZ IS LIVE AT THE LIBRARY WITH WHAT YOUNG READERS THINK ABOUT THE DAMAGE THE LETTER M-O-D ETCHED OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHO EVER SCRATCHED THESE LETTERS INTO THESE LIBRARY WINDOWS- MADE SURE THEY HIT ALL OF THEM- EVEN IF THEY WERE HARD TO REACH TODAY LIBRARIANS TELL US IF THEY DO HAVE TO REPLACE THE WINDOWS- IT WILL SET THEM BACK ABOUT 17-THOUSAND DOLLARS— THAT S ABOUT A THOUSAND BUCKS A PIECE THE VANDALS ALSO WROTE A MISS-SPELLED VERSION OF THE N- WORD ON THE LAST WINDOW LIBRARY EMPLOYEES HAVE COVERED THAT WORD WITH BLUE TAPE KIDS READING IN THE LIBRARY TODAY SAY THEY DON T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WRITE ON THE WINDOWS AND NOT ON PAPER maybe they hate the library and they hate reading the library is a good place for reading not writing stuff on the windows RIO RANCHO POLICE SAY THEY THINK THE LETTERS MOD STAND FOR - FOR A SMALL TIME TAGGING CREW AND NOT A GANG THEY SAY IF IT WAS DONE BY JUVENILES- THEY RE PARENTS WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CALL POLICE GS EWN4