Maricopa Business Center tenants vandalized

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At approximately 2 a.m. Wednesday morning, Courtny Tyler was awakened by a message that her State Farm office, 44480 Honeycutt Road, had been vandalized. Her neighbors at Impressive Imaging received the same notification from their alarm company.

“I got out of bed and headed over,” said Tyler. “The police were here reviewing the damages.”

The damage at Tyler’s office was a shattered front door and a few broken windows. The glass was scattered all over the office and down the rear hallway.

“I just think it’s just really senseless and dumb,” said Rob Lemay of Impressive Imaging. “What did they achieve? They didn’t steal anything or even try to get in. I got the message in the middle of the night, and, when I walked in, it just really frustrated me.”

Lemay is holding a few rocks in the office but said the police took what they could for fingerprints.

“Talking to the police, they believed it to be something kids would do,"  Lemay said, "and there is no reason I can think of for someone to do this."

“I just lowered rates for my customers,” Tyler said, offering a bit of levity, “so I can’t imagine this was personal in any way.”

Tyler brought her vacuum cleaner and attempted to remove the glass chips, but, even into the afternoon, small shards of glass were still being found in obscure locations. Her front door was immediately replaced by John Turcott of Lizard Heights Glass, who then headed to Phoenix to get replacements for her windows.

“At least a positive is, that in a small community, you also have those that come to help immediately,” Tyler said. 

Large river rocks did the damage; one rock broke through a window and damaged a wall about eight feet past the windows. 

“It had to be thrown pretty hard to do that," Tyler noted, "and the fact they were river rocks is odd because there’s nothing around here that they could have just picked up.”

Both businesses are responsible for repairs of this kind as they don't pertain to building maintenance. Tyler estimates her damage to be around $1,300. Her office received more damage than Impressive Imaging, but, she says, if there was greater damage, insurance would cover it.

“The money is one issue, and I know this kind of thing happens no matter where you live, but, when it happens to you, you can’t help but feel disrespected and violated,” Tyler said. “You reach out to the community and try to do your best for everyone, so it hurts a little in that way, too.”

Tylersaid the police patrolled the area and kept surveillance on the offices throughout the night. After making the offices safe for customers and employees, both Impressive Imaging and Tyler’s State Farm Insurance maintained their regular operations for the day.