Friday, March 15, 2019

More than $60K in construction equipment damaged in Santa Rosa County

SANTA ROSA COUNTY, Fla. (WEAR) — A local construction company is dealing with repeated acts of vandalism at a construction site. The crimes are not only costing the firm money, but time.

"Right now, we are already three to four weeks behind because of vandals,” said Kenneth King with All South Construction.

All South Construction is trying to build roads in a subdivision on Nelson Road in Holley.

However, three pieces of heavy equipment have been hit by vandals. On three occasions, in the past two-and-a-half weeks, radiator and gas lines have been slashed and engines were damaged.

"You've got the fuel caps removed, oil caps removed, dirt packed in them. It downs the equipment,” King said.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office has recovered some fingerprints and the company has images captured by cameras.

"Whoever’s doing the damage, it's quite substantial. So, it's not anything that’s going to be a slap on the wrist. It's going to be serious changes, for high dollar amount items that have been damaged,” explained Sgt. Rich Aloy.

So far, damaged is estimated at more than $60,000.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest or arrests in the case.

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