Many thousands of dollars in damage overnight as vandals roamed the Vernon area slashing tires. RCMP say any descriptions of suspects or their vehicles are so far so widely varying as to be almost useless.Stussi Sports on Silver Star Road was also an overnight target, hit for a high end downhill mountain bike, possibly in the 4 to 5 thousand dollar range. Police were able to follow it's tracks in the fresh snow, but only to where it was loaded in a vehicle.
----------------RCMP news release issued at 12:15pm---------------
The Vernon RCMP is asking for the public's help in identifying the persons responsible in a rash of irresponsible vandalism in the City last evening. Last evening between 7:00PM and midnight, unknown individuals went around the city slashing tires on numerous vehicles. In one case in the 2000 block of 24thAve, eight vehicles in a row had their tires slashed. Other vehicles the mall parking lots of Vernon Square, Village Green, Wal-Mart and the Landing Plaza were also targeted. The suspects even targeted a vehicle at the BX dog park By early morning, eight separate reports had been reported and several more have been reported since then. The police feel these incidents are all related and would like information on who is responsible. One report indicates the suspect males in their late teen or early twenties might have been driving a newer model beige Ford Taurus car. The total damage in this case is in the thousands of dollars.
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