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WAS SPEEDING OR IMPAIRED. HE DID STOP AFTER THAT CRASH. THE COMMUNITY WANTS ANSWERS AFTER SOMEONE STOLE SOMETHING IN A LOCAL PARK THAT PEOPLE WERE USING FOR FUN, COVINGTON POLICE — FOR FUN. MIKE: COVINGTON POLICE SAY THIEVES TOOK OFF WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN OF THE NEW DISC GOLF BASKETS AT DEVOU PARK. WLWT NEWS 5 ANCHOR ASHLEY KIRKLEN HAS THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. ASHLEY: PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHY. DISC GOLF HAS AROUND FOR DECADES. IT PICKED UP MAJOR STEAM DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE NEW BASKETS INSTALLED AT DEVOU PARK THIS WEEKEND OPENED TO MUCH EXCITEMENT. BUT THE FUN WAS SHORT-LIVED. JASON KERL: IT’S VERY SIMILAR TO GOLF, EXCEPT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT CLUBS. REPORTER: IT’S HARDLY A NEW SPORT, BUT DISC GOLF IS ALL THE RAVE, ATTRACTING SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF PLAYERS TO LOCAL PARKS. JASON KERL: COVID HIT. EVERYBODY HAD TO GET OUTSIDE AND DO SOMETHING. DISC GOLF WENT FROM HERE TO HERE. WHAT THEY EXPECTED TO BE LIKE A FIVE YEAR SPAN HAPPENED IN A YEAR. REPORTER: JUST THIS PAST FRIDAY BASKETS WERE INSTALLED AT DEVOU PARK IN COVINGTON WITH A GRAND OPENING ON SATURDAY. BEN OLDIGES: UNOFFICIALLY, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 700 PLAY THROUGHS IN JUST THE FEW DAYS THAT IT’S BEEN OPEN. REPORTER: TODAY PEOPLE WOKE UP , TO THE NEWS THAT MULTIPLE OF THE 18 BASKETS WERE STOLEN FROM THE COURSE. >> HAD A BASICALLY STOLEN 12 OF THE WHAT THEY CALL THE WHOLE , BASKETS AND DESTROYED A 13TH ONE. JASON KERL: UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S NOT UNCOMMON FOR A BASKET TO GO TAKEN OUT OF A COURSE, BUT USUALLY IT’S ONE AT A TIME, IT’S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE A DOZEN BASKETS. REPORTER: POLICE SAY THE THIEVES CAUSED A $5,000 TO $6,000 IN DAMAGE. >> THIS WAS NOT A SIMPLE ACT OF VANDALISM, THIS WAS A COORDINATED THEFT. REPORTER: BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE BASKETS THAT SOMEONE GOT AWAY WITH, HASSERT SAYS THE THIEF WOULD’VE HAD TO HAVE A BIG TRUCK OR TRAILER. THE DRIVER EVEN LEAVING BEHIND DAMAGE IN THE PARK. >> WE SAW WHERE THEY HAD DRIVEN OFF OF THE ROAD THROUGH THE , WOODS TO GET TO THESE AND HAD DESTROYED OR DAMAGED SOME OF THE TREES. ASHLEY: IT IS UNFORTUNATE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON WHO MAY HAVE STOLEN THE BASKETS, GIVE COVINGTON…