Crime & Safety

UPDATE: Police Report 11 More Damaged Pine Lake Park Vehicles

First reports of damaged vehicles came on March 19

Manchester Police are asking for the public's help after 11 more vehicles were damaged by thrown rocks in the Pine Lake Park section of town overnight Monday. The latest incidents come about two weeks after the first reports of damaged cars in the neighborhood.

According to Manchester Police Capt. Lisa Parker, police are now investigating at least 16 reports of criminal mischief to motor vehicles after 11 more automobiles were targeted between the evening of March 28 and the morning of March 29.

"The majority of the vehicles were struck with large rocks which resulted in damage estimated at approximately $500 for each vehicle," Parker said in a press release. "Vehicles were parked and unoccupied, and appear to have been random targets."

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Police believe that the rocks were thrown from a passing vehicle, as residents reported hearing the sound of an automobile traveling at "a high rate of speed which was followed by a loud bang," Parker said.

According to Parker, the most recent incidents occurred on: the 100 block of Burnside Street, the 400 and 600 blocks of Northampton Boulevard, the 400 block of Pemberton Street, the 500 and 800 blocks of Manchester Street, the 600 block of Broadway Boulevard, the 700 block of Southampton Boulevard, the 700 block of Champlain Street, the 900 block of Tenth Avenue and the 1000 block of First Avenue.

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The first reports of damage  on the 1600 block of Lake Drive, the 1800 block of Twelth Avenue, the 1500 block of Lawrence Avenue and the 600 block of Monmouth Avenue. 

Two vehicles are being sought by police in connection with the incidents. The first is "an older model dark in color SUV," which may have been been a box-style Jeep Cherokee occupied by "four white male subjects in their mid-to-late teens," police said. The second vehicle description is a dark-color hatchback that may have a modified exhaust system.

Those with information about the incidents are asked to contact Detective Rich Jupinka at 732-657-2009, ext. 4206.


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