Arlington police are seeking a 5-foot-10 white male in his late teens wearing a zip-up, dark, hooded sweatshirt who is suspected of trashing three offices at the town rink. An employee closing up chased the suspect, but he got away.

A police report said nothing was missing and the cash drawer containing about $300 had not been disturbed in an incident that took place Friday, Jan. 6.

Numerous cameras are positioned in and around the rink, but the monitor used to view the recordings was broken during the incident. Police were able to connect a working monitor, but the employee did not know how to operate the technology and was unable to provide a video of the suspect. Another employee would be able to provide the applicable video footage at a later date, police were told.

At 11:32 p.m., three officers were sent to the Veterans Memorial Skating Rink, at 422 Summer St., for a report of a breaking-and-entering.

Police were told that the caller, who provided a description, had chased a suspect heading west through the rink parking lot and a baseball field and over the fence to the bike trail, without catching him.

The last skate at the rink ended at about 11:30 p.m., and the last customer left the rink just before 11 p.m., when operations began closing down.

About 11:20, an employee went into the main office and began organizing the small bills from the cash drawer when he heard a noise from the area of the main rink. 

The employee searched the main rink area and several of the locker rooms before walking through the main lobby headed back toward the offices. He then heard more noise coming from the offices and began yelling at the suspect, who fled through the offices and out the side door on the building's east side.

After the chase, the employee discovered that all three of the offices had been trashed by the suspect and called police. Several computers, picture frames, bulletin boards and trophies were broken in the three offices. Folders, files and other paperwork were scattered on the floor. 

The employee said he believed the suspect was inside the rink before he began locking down the facility and hid somewhere inside until the lights were turned off.

Joining the search of the area at 11:54 p.m. was K-9 Officer Michael Hogan. Officers stopped two motor vehicles, but their occupants were deemed unrelated to the incident.