Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with CCTV footage to come forward following a criminal damage incident in Shanklin at the weekend.
Between 18:45 and 19:30 on Saturday 14th March, a number of parked cars were damaged in St Pauls Crescent.
It was reported a man had been hitting cars with a metal pole.
Officers attended and arrested a 34-year-old man from Shanklin on suspicion of criminal damage. He has been released on bail while further enquiries are carried out.
As part of their investigation Police would like to speak to anyone with CCTV footage, not just in St Pauls Crescent but also in neighbouring roads.
Officers would also like to appeal for any motorists who were driving in the area at the time and have dash cam footage that may assist us to also get in touch.
If you have information, call 101 quoting reference 44260123122.
Shanklin used to be a beautiful safe place,
sadly not any more.
Years ago a dear friend of mine used to live
nr St Paul’s Crescent and used to park their
car there and leave it unlocked.
Those were the days, the good old days, nowdays
even though the Police station is round the corner
people don’t rsspect law and order.
Where did it all go wrong!
People leaving cars unlocked wasn’t ‘law and order’, it was luck. Crime hasn’t suddenly appeared, you’re just hearing about it more now. One incident doesn’t mean the whole place has fallen apart.”
Such crimes on the island would never have
happened over 30 – 40 years ago.
Nowdays crimes are common.
Who can blame them, have you not seen the tailbacks
in LAKE due to traffic lights not working for nearly
6 weeks.
Well done Island Echo, you can’t be everywhere at once.