WINTHROP, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating after a vandal smashed cars with a baseball bat in Winthrop on Christmas Eve.
In a home surveillance camera recording, the suspect can be seen smashing the back window out of a parked car.
“I heard a pop. Kind of sounded like fireworks, so I went to the window. I looked out the window. I saw the white car in front of all these cars here lined up on the street,” said Charlie Asquith, who heard the vandals strike.
Winthrop police say more than one car was vandalized.
“And then they sped up the street and hit another car,” Asquith said.
A neighbor, Jill Peterson, said: “I did not see anything, but I woke up in the morning and saw all my neighbors. My next door neighbor got smashed. So it was awful.”
Investigators say a couple days later, nearly a dozen cars were broken into. Cash, credit cards, and other items were stolen.
The chief of police is reminding everyone to lock their doors and don’t leave any loose change or electronics in plain view.
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