Vandalised..

[Dean]

Woke up this morning to found out that my back right was completely flat. Had a look around and saw that almost every car had one flat tire. Apparently last night someone thought it would be awesome to go around and puncture each one with a phillips head.. straight through the sidewall.

Will post a picture up, a solid $230 out of pocket.

Trying to think of options for catching the person(s), as there were multiple cars affected the damages should be in the thousands of dollars. It's so frustrating to think that people would actually go around and willfully destroy other peoples property..

Maybe talk about what my current options are/ other vandalism stories.

p.s. went to bob jane, ordered a new tire and they gave me a second hand (about 80%) tread identically sized tire to use in the mean-time. Really nice of them.

[bd-850]

see the police and the council, same thing happened to my partners Aunty and the council payed for half the price of a new tire for everyone that was affected

[ofey]

I feel your pain Dean.

Really impressed of your local BobJane. There are actually nice people in this world.

[13EZY]

some low life who takes no pride in their own car, or doesnt have one to begin with

[Dean]

It actually occurred at the Griffith university village, which is a student accommodation. They have many security cameras and actually have security guards who patrol regularly.. I spoke with the police and they said that on Monday they would go have a look through the CCTV footage.

I'm hoping that the perpetrator is brought to justice..

[Dire]

They'll probably see a 'tall white male wearing a hoodie' or something similar, and it won't progress...

That said I really hope they do catch them. Meaningless destruction is even worse than revenge/anger destruction.

Theres student accommodation in Perth with a retirement village across the road that'd almost certainly have cameras. It doesn't have to be the obvious places like shops etc. Hopefully the police do their job thoroughly.

[Alileighju]

Sorry to hear about that Dean,

I too got a puncture in one of my tyres (although not through vandalism) and I had damaged the sidewall driving on it half flat and had to get it replaced at Bob Jane for $239.

That particular person serving me had terrible customer service...

I doubt that person who punctured your tyre will ever be caught but we can only hope that they'll get what's coming for them.

[Dean]

Thats exactly what I expect, but the people here aren't the brightest bunch and the number of cars damaged was really in excess. I'm sure eventually someone will give a name. The only thing to do now is wait and see what happens monday..

Thanks for the support everybody

[MrMuppet]

look into a usb camera set it up in the window and some motion capture software, of if you have a video camera that connects to your pc, do the same but get better quality. you will be surprised what happens while you sleep

[Dean]

Spoke with the security just a moment ago, long story short, 26 cars affected over friday/sat morning and sat/sunday morning. The security guard has footage of the guy wearing a hoodie over a few cars (nothing incriminating) the man has been unofficially identified (with 100% confidence). Will update the thread when more information comes up.

[Mitch]

well done dean mate that is good news so far.

[Dire]

Wow that was easy.

It happened over 2 nights? Where were the security guards on the second night? Should make them pay.

[zeroshift]

Maybe he'll get cancer!

[lena91]

Chris, thats not something you should wish on anyone.