More than 15 vehicles in the Glaisdale Avenue, Tollesby Road and Glendale Road area were vandalised in the early hours of Sunday morning
Vandals drew rude pictures on cars and kicked off wing mirrors in a spate of damage in Middlesbrough.
More than 15 vehicles in the Glaisdale Avenue, Tollesby Road and Glendale Road area of Tollesby, Middlesbrough, were vandalised in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Cars parked along the streets had words and rude pictures daubed on rear windows with white marker pen.
Kade Inglis, 22, had travelled from Wales to visit friends in Glaisdale Avenue when he had his wing mirror kicked off.
He said: “The police said it would probably cost me £100 to fix. It’s very annoying that there are idiots about who go round and do stupid stuff like this.”
Steve Nolan, 49, who had to use a jet-washer to clean graffiti daubed on his BMW X5, said he was disappointed that police had not recorded the incident as a crime.
He said: “They drew phallic symbols on the back of my car. It’s obviously someone who has been drunk and come by on the way back from the pub, but it’s stupid that someone would find it a funny thing to do.
“I’ve washed it off now, but it was frustrating when police told me that it’s not being recorded as a crime because the damage wasn’t permanent.
“To be fair to police, they came out straight away but if a load of cars round here have been targeted then it seems like police are fudging the figures by not recording it.”
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said that if damage can be repaired at no expense to the owner, police rules allow for it not to be recorded as a crime.
Sgt Brian Hallas, of Cleveland Police’s south Middlesbrough neighbourhood police team, said: “Thankfully many owners have managed to wash the paint like substance from their vehicles with no permanent damage caused.
“The initial reports of this damage will remain on our files while we continue to investigate every instance of permanent criminal damage, such as broken wing mirrors.
“We have never had an issue like this in this particular area before and we therefore believe this is a one-off incident involving several vehicles in one location. Inquiries into establishing who was responsible for the damage are ongoing.
“A neighbourhood officer is conducting house to house Inquiries and is asking householders with private CCTV to check to see if anything has been captured on their cameras.”
Anyone with information should call police on 101, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
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