Manteca cricket pitch vandalized with dog waste [Video]

MANTECA, Calif. — The Manteca Police Department is looking for whoever vandalized the cricket pitch at Doxey Park.

“It is quite frankly disgusting,” said Lt. Josh Gutierrez with the Manteca Police Department. “This was not a dog taking care of business; it was that somebody had gathered and distributed it.”

Lt. Gutierrez said police are investigating the incident as vandalism, not a hate crime.

“It makes it something that is notably hateful to ruin something that is meant for the good of our city and our citizens to be able to use,” said Lt. Gutierrez.

No arrests have been made so far, but Gutierrez said they heard about some on social media not agreeing with the cricket pitch being placed at the park.

Some residents on and off …