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At least 11 cars damaged after vandal slashes tires in Stockton neighborhood

Some victims said they had to pay hundreds of dollars to fix the damage.

STOCKTON, Calif. — Stuck at home with no way to travel, Stockton resident Mark Shaver and his wife missed a day of work Wednesday.

Instead, the two focused on working on their car after a vandal went through their Lincoln Village neighborhood overnight slashing nearly a dozen car tires.

"We just woke up and all, or almost all, of our tires were popped, they're all flat," said Shaver. "Both my wife and I had to take a day off because we couldn't get to work."

For much of Wednesday morning, car jacks, spare tires and tow trucks were a common sight along Douglas Road.

According to the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office, the tires on at least 11 vehicles, including an RV, were slashed between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Deputies are still searching for the vandal, accused of causing hundreds of dollars in damage and giving several Stockton residents a rough start to the day.

"We had heard something last night at like 3 p.m. We didn't know what it was. We looked outside and couldn't see anything, so when I saw (the tires), we were like, 'Oh, that's what happened,'" said Shaver. "We're waiting on getting new tires and taking care of everything."

That’s not what you like to see first thing in the morning… Nearly a dozen people living in #Stockton’s Lincoln Village...

Posted by Gabriel Porras on Wednesday, August 16, 2023

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