Soapy suds fill Levin Furniture fountain in Monroeville
Jul. 6—Levin Furniture & Mattress employees arrived at their Monroeville location Thursday morning to find a giant mountain of soap spilling out of the waterfall which adorns the front of their property on Route 22.
"People sabotaged it overnight and threw four bottles of Dawn dish liquid into it," said Levin sales lead Chuck Christner. "We change the color sometimes, but we don't do anything like this."
Monroeville Police Chief Doug Cole, who said police were called shortly after 7 a.m. because the bubbles had made it all the way down the hill to Route 22, said it was not the only incident to take place in the area overnight.
"We had a couple other things including vehicle break-ins happen overnight and we think it might be the same group of people," said Cole, adding that while the incident at the fountain does constitute criminal mischief, police have little information to work with in determining a suspect.
Christner said staff had to retrieve the bottles out of the fountain. The bubbles eventually disperse as the waterfall continues to run.
It is not the first time the Levin waterfall has been "soaped." It happened before in October 2020.
Patrick Varine is a Tribune-Review staff writer. You can contact Patrick by email at pvarine@triblive.com or via Twitter .
