Sep 25, 2024
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Vandals hit a Blue Springs neighborhood late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, slashing dozens of tires, causing thousands of dollars in damage. It happened in the Timber Oaks neighborhood just off 7 Highway in Blue Springs where the sounds of loosening and tightening lugnuts were heard often Wednesday. Vandals slashed tires on more than a dozen cars parked along Northwest Roanoke Drive and surrounding side streets based on cars still being serviced roadside Wednesday afternoon. Exact numbers of impacted cars were not provided by Blue Springs police nor any other details about the vandalism or potential suspects.  "The community Facebook feed said something happened with tires and I checked it and sure enough I had two flat tires today," Eric Gall said. KC grandmother details being robbed at gunpoint during armed break-in Gall considered himself lucky, they slashed his trailers tires and not the more expensive truck tires. But for some it meant a day out of work. "Most people live paycheck to paycheck like we do and having to spend hundreds of dollars to fix your work vehicle, or your opportunity to go to work, is very devastating," Amanda Minjares said. Nick Hill had to fork over $900 for new tires. "They are probably just a bunch of kids that didn't really think or care really the expense to everybody else for their hour or two hours of fun time," Hill said. He spent the afternoon, not only changing his tires, but neighbors' too. "I'm like 'I'm getting a tow' and he said 'don't do that' and he showed up and took the tires off my car and offered to put them back on and everything," Amber Sheddrick, who also had her tires slash. In a way the perplexing crime brought the community closer. "Bad things happen but good people come together," Sheddrick said. Video captured some of the vandals movements, but not everything. Neighbors say it only will make them more vigilant. Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android "I've adjusted my cameras to cover the whole street now. So we'll see next time. Hopefully there's not a next time right," Gall said. Again unfortunately we haven't been able to speak to Blue Springs police, but if you have information in this case you could certainly give them a call.
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