Vandalism strikes Mike’s Sports Grille, other businesses on East Gore

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) – Mike’s Sports Grille along with a few other business’ along East Gore Boulevard were victims of vandalism overnight on Friday.

Mike Underwood, owner of the restaurant says that he originally got a call at about 5:30 Friday morning from his security company alerting him that his alarms were going off. After looking at his security cameras and seeing nothing out of the ordinary he went back to sleep.

That changed when he received a call from an employee just a couple of hours later.

“My prep cook called me at 7:30 and said ‘You need to get down here. All the windows on the east side and patio door had big large rocks thrown threw them.’” Underwood said. “We’re open for business we may not look that pretty right now but it is what it is. 50 years of doing business in Lawton, Oklahoma, I have never had anything like this happen.”

Salas Urban Cantina also sustained damages, they say the outside pane of glass on one of their doors was shattered as well as a couple of flower pots.

Lawton Police have made an arrest in connection, they say they have taken Lyrelle Royal into custody on suspicion of vandalism.

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