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NYPD Looking For Suspect Caught On Video Slashing Tires Of NYPD Parking Enforcement Cars


tco.jpgCops are hunting for a suspect, possibly fed up over parking tickets, who may fancy himself a rubber Robin Hood.

He slashed the tires of three NYPD Parking Enforcement cars in broad daylight on Monday.

The brazen tire slasher was captured on an NYPD surveillance camera.

The video shows an African-American man of medium build, wearing dark clothes, parking a light-colored Toyota or Honda minivan near the vehicles, exit, look both ways, and then bend over the front tire of one vehicle and violently jab an object into the tire. He then repeats the process five more times.

The attack occurred at 1:30 p.m. on St. Raymond’s Ave. just off the Westchester Square shopping district where the agency has its headquarters.

It’s not the first time traffic enforcement vehicles have been vandalized, said a police source.

“We’ve also had broken windshields, starting a year or so ago,” sources said.

Westchester Square has gained an infamous reputation for ticket blitzes against shoppers.

Struggling merchants also complain the agents hog precious metered spots with both official vehicles and their personal ones, which never seem to get ticketed .

“I’m not surprised that frustration would run that high, and that people would attempt to lash back out at enforcement in an improper manner,” said John Bonizio, president of the Association of the Merchants and Business Professionals of Westchester Square.

“Parking violation issues are the No. 1 complaint across New York City that people have about enforcement. It’s fraud.”

Merchants said the constant ticketing is hurting their business.

“It’s killing us,” said Marco Rossetti, 33, co-owner of Frank and Joe’s Deli in Westchester Square. “It’s wrong, but I can understand his frustration.

“Truthfully, we’re not given a chance. Their office is located directly above us. The agents come down 10, 15 at a time, stand in front of my store. People that pull over don’t get a second to stop.”

(Source: NY Daily News)



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