Crime

Shirtless man breaks into Red Bud High School, mops and leaves wearing theater costume

Police in Red Bud are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man that broke into Red Bud High School on Sunday.

Just after 1 a.m., surveillance video captured a shirtless man wandering around the school, a Facebook post from the Red Bud Community School District #132 stated.

The post said the man “did a variety of things inside” the building, including some minor vandalism. The surveillance videos the district shared show the man mopping in the school’s weight room.

The man left the school wearing a costume, presumably taken from the stage in the old gym. The suspect has short hair and a light beard, with three tattoos on his right arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call Red Bud police at 618-282-6118 or email the chief at policechief@cityofredbud.org.

This story was originally published July 29, 2019 at 8:58 PM.

Hana Muslic
Belleville News-Democrat
Hana Muslic has been a public safety reporter for the Belleville News-Democrat since August 2018, covering everything from crime and courts to accidents, fires and natural disasters. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and her previous work can be found in The Lincoln Journal-Star and The Kansas City Star.
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