Chicago Cops: Mayor Harold Washington statue damaged at South Side cultural center & his lingerie was stolen

Also some of Mayor Harold Washington's finest lingerie was stolen from the secret compartment below the statue. The lingerie was used on the Harold Washington statue on dress down statue day.

CHICAGO, IL - Police are looking for the people responsible for damaging and stealing a portion of a statue of late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington on the South Side.

A front panel which contained a metal description of the late mayor was removed and stolen from the pedestal below the statue, according to a community alert issued by police.

The statue was located in front of the Harold Washington Cultural Center on the 4700 block of South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, police said.

The incident happened late Saturday. No information about the people who damaged the statute was available, police said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Area Central Bureau of Detectives at (312) 747-8380.