OAK HARBOR, Ohio — Adam Snyder may be 50 miles away from Findlay in Oak Harbor, but that's not stopping him from trying to help the Flag City's effort to catch whoever shot animals at a park with darts last month.
"The $1,000 is a reward that will stay there forever until they are caught," said Snyder, a landlord with Snyder Apartments in Oak Harbor.
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A $1,000 check, directly from Snyder, is being offered to a good Samaritan with information that could help Findlay police and the Ohio Division of Wildlife catch the currently unknown person or persons responsible for shooting several animals in the face with darts at Riverside Park in July.
Snyder says he watched WTOL 11's story about the situation and it didn't sit well with him.
"I just felt that it just had to be done, because I believe that it's not going to stop," said Snyder. "I think it might slow it down, but I don't think it's going to stop."
In our last report on July 25, ODW communications specialist Sarah Schott said the division received reports of three geese and a squirrel being shot with darts.
Since then, Schott says there have been no more reports. But no arrests have been made, either.
Snyder says it's wrong for anyone to see such a gruesome sight.
"Families go to parks, kids go to parks, they don't go to parks to see needles sticking out of a duck's head or an arrow,' said Snyder. "What was done was done deliberately."
So, a $1,000 check is on the table for the person who can help law enforcement.
Snyder says if authorities confirm the tip led to the arrest of a suspect or suspects, police will help connect the person who provided the tip with him and he will reward them.
"Deal with them (Findlay police, ODW), and then when it gets to that level, then they contact me and I'll write the check," Snyder said.
"I'm not even from Findlay, so I'm just doing it to help, that's it, nothing more," he added. "No gain, no personal gain, no nothing like that."
If you have information that can help solve the case, you are encouraged to contact the Ohio Division of Wildlife at (419) 424-5000 or the Findlay Police Department's non-emergency dispatch number at 419-424-7150.