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Yahoo
a day ago
- Yahoo
Vandals smash car windows in same Fairmount neighborhood as in 2024
The Brief Philadelphia police say someone smashed car windows between Wednesday night and Thursday morning on several streets in Fairmount. Residents sealed windows with plastic while looking into making repairs. Police are asking residents to check home security cameras for anything that could help the investigation. FAIRMOUNT - Destruction in Fairmount as police investigate rash of car break-ins and vandalism reports and neighbors are frustrated as this isn't the first time the neighborhood has been hit by vandals. What we know The Philadelphia police say between 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11th, and 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 12th, multiple vehicles parked along the 2100 block of Brown Street were vandalized and ransacked. Several car windows were reported broken, and items inside the vehicles were rummaged through. Investigators say at this time no arrests have been made. Anyone who may have witnessed this activity, has relevant information, or whose vehicle was affected is urged to contact Central Detectives at 215-686-3093 or dial 911. What they're saying "It's not just here. It will be a whole block around here. It will be a block around the corner," said Kristin Coffan. She and her precious pup, PJ, were out in their Fairmount neighborhood Thursday evening having a flashback from this time last year. "Like, oh gosh, I guess it's summer again because here are the smashed windows," she said. She is talking about car after car on Brown Street between 22nd and 21st Streets with windows broken by vandals. It happened to her loved one last year. "My partner's car was parked in the school parking lot last year and came out and had the windows smashed along with two other cars in the parking lot," said Coffan. FOX 29 reporter Shawnette Wilson and her photographer found others this go round on Parrish between 22nd and 23rd and a resident posted about it on the Nextdoor app stating, "Around 3:30 this morning six cars had windows smashed on Brown Street between Corinthian Avenue and 23rd." The post stated that a police officer came out to take a report. "I don't know when it's happening or how it's happening, who is doing it," said Harry Weckel. He and his sister Hanna question how this can continue to happen. Hanna does not have a car but recently used his to go back and forth while cat-sitting for him. "It's easier to get over to his place with a car. And I parked it in the neighborhood and I live around here, so I have seen cars getting broken into and I was really nervous that when I had his car, I was gonna come out with a smashed window," she said. It is a time and financial inconvenience no one wants. "We had to get the window repaired that same day, so finding like where to get the window repaired because you can't really drive with it broken. And then you have to clean out your car such that you can actually sit in the seat and have it drivable," said Coffan. The Source Information for this article was provided by the Philadelphia Police Department.
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Victim of car vandalism speaks after Colorado neighborhood is targeted
Victim of car vandalism speak after Littleton neighborhood is targeted by suspects Victim of car vandalism speak after Littleton neighborhood is targeted by suspects Victim of car vandalism speak after Littleton neighborhood is targeted by suspects Smashed windows and totaled vehicles are what some people living in a Colorado neighborhood woke up to last week. According to the Littleton Police Department, the vandals ran up to parked cars and hurled rocks through several windows. The Aberdeen Village Neighborhood near Broadway and Littleton Boulevard was targeted by vandals. Littleton Police Department The overnight crime spree left an otherwise quiet Aberdeen Village Neighborhood near Broadway and Littleton Boulevard feeling uneasy. "Just bewildered," said Bill Mramor. "Why did these people do this?" It was the night of June 1 when multiple suspects drove through the neighborhood, got out of the car, and threw rocks through car windows. When Mramor woke up the next day, a neighbor pointed out the damage done to his white Toyota Camry. "He was walking past and he said, 'Looks like they got you,' and I said, 'What do you mean?'" said Mramor. Ring video from across the street captured the suspects as they smashed Mramor's car windows before they took off in a silver SUV. Bill Mramor's vehicle was damaged in the attacks. Bill Mramor "It didn't take 10 or 12 seconds to do the damage that they did," said Mramor. The Mramors tell CBS Colorado the suspect used rocks from a neighbor's home up the road to smash into multiple cars before bringing those same rocks down to their home to do the same thing to their car. "Why would someone do this?" said Mramor. "It's kind of senseless." Littleton police say at least eight cars were damaged or totaled by rocks. They are still looking for any information on the people who were responsible. "I don't want to see people punished, but this was a devastating act, a pretty destructive act," said Mramor. While Mramor is grateful that it only cost around $450 to fix his car, he still wants accountability and answers. Littleton police are investigating a series of rock-throwing incidents that left several vehicles damaged. CBS "I hope that they would have accountability, that they would kind of give reasons, why pick up rocks from someone and then just hurl them at someone else's car, with no reason," he said. He also wants a sense of ease that something like this won't happen in his neighborhood again. "People will be more vigilant, and I think eventually they will get caught if they continue to do this," said Mramor. Littleton police tell CBS Colorado that in light of this ongoing incident, people should take steps to protect themselves and their property, including locking doors, leaving valuables outside cars, and making sure their cameras are working. Police say crimes like this tend to pick up during the summer months.
