VEHICLES owned by staff on shift working out of Liskeard’s ambulance station were among those targeted in a spate on criminal damage earlier this week.
Police are now investigating 47 reports relating to cars and vans scratched or ‘keyed’ overnight in the Addington area between Sunday and Monday, and the total number of vehicles damaged is thought to be even higher again.
A spokesperson for the Neighbourhood Policing Teams said he believed that officers have now spoken to almost all the people affected by the offences personally, and were continuing to make contact with further vehicle owners.
The spokesperson confirmed that vehicles were damaged at the ambulance station on Greenbank Road.
Unpleasant language was scratched into some of the affected vehicles.
The damage incurred by residents will run into many thousands of pounds.
The Neighbourhood Policing Team have appealed for anyone with CCTV or ring doorbell footage to come forward.
They say cars and vans parked in Caradon Heights, Carlton Way and Clover Drive were targeted overnight between Sunday 22 and Monday 23 November.
Residents awoke to find their vehicles covered in large scratches, looking like they’d been “keyed”.
One woman who contacted the Cornish Times, whose car was damaged on the Trevethan Meadows estate, said: “Last night approximately 20 if not more cars up here, and along to Addington, were keyed. Annoyingly, our CCTV was on charge, we may never find the individual who has caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to our cars four weeks before Christmas.”
A resident of Caradon Heights says both his and his partner’s cars were targeted. “It was very deliberate,” he said.
“It looks like they’ve walked all the way from Trevethan Meadows and up to our estate and scratched everything. It’s not like they’ve skipped by – they’ve gone down driveways to scratch cars. It’s someone that doesn’t have any respect, probably for themselves, let alone for anyone else.”
Police urge anyone with information – particularly CCTV footage – to call 101, or email [email protected], quoting crime reference number CR/098470/20.