No person shall willfully and maliciously cut, injure, damage, tamper with or destroy or deface any fire hydrant or any fire hose or any fire engine, or other public or private firefighting equipment, or any apparatus appertaining to the equipment, or intentionally open any fire hydrant without proper authorization.
(Ill. Rev. Stat., Ch. 38, § 21-1.1) (1994 Code, § 27-5-5) Penalty, see § 130.999