Police: Man in custody after smashing more than a dozen cars in Philadelphia

“Only a scary scenario. You do not often see that early within the morning on this neighborhood,” stated Eric Warner from Fairmount.

Simply earlier than 9 a.m., Warner stated he noticed a person smashing automobiles round Society Hill.

“I see this man with like a 3 foot baton simply slamming automobiles,” stated Warner.

Police say greater than a dozen automobiles have been smashed with a pipe.

Warner provides he witnessed a number of automobiles hit round thirteenth and Spruce streets.

“Actually simply hitting each automotive he walks by screaming. I used to be sitting inside my automotive, and I did not know whether or not to maneuver or not as a result of I felt like beginning the engine and transferring would have precipitated extra consideration to myself,” he stated.

However his automotive was hit whereas he was nonetheless inside it.

“It is like, what do I do? You do not know in that type of violent scenario,” Warner added.

David Ortega from Society Hill says his automotive acquired hit too.

“Pissed off trigger like the place can I park now? I haven’t got a storage, so regardless of the place I’m going, it is nonetheless going to be uncovered to the occasion,” stated Ortega.

Police say in whole, there was a number of thousand {dollars} price of harm to automobiles and buildings on the 1100 block of Walnut Avenue in Heart Metropolis.

Earlier this month, the automobiles parked on the whole block on Lombard Avenue between fifth and sixth streets in Society Hill have been additionally hit.

Police haven’t stated if the identical particular person is answerable for each incidents.

“It is type of scary to be frank,” stated Warner.

Police do have a 39-year-old man in custody. Fees are pending.