Planned Parenthood Office Vandalized In Wilkes-Barre
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP/KDKA) - Officials say a man broke into a Planned Parenthood office in northeastern Pennsylvania, smashing glass doors and painting graffiti on the walls.
Melissa Reed, president, and CEO of Planned Parenthood Keystone said surveillance images show a man throwing a brick through a window of the Wilkes-Barre office at about 2 a.m. Monday.
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Posted by Wilkes-Barre City Police Department on Monday, August 12, 2019
She said the same man returned about an hour later with another brick, smashed other windows, climbed through the door and spray-painted graffiti including a biblical verse in red.
Planned Parenthood Keystone said in a statement the act was "aimed to intimidate, threaten and instill fear."
Reed said the office offers birth control, cancer screenings, general health care, STD testing, pregnancy testing, and the morning-after pill but does not do surgical abortions there.
Police urge anyone with information to call Detective Thomas Harding (570)208-4224 or call headquarters at (570)208-4200.
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