Dozens Of Vehicles Vandalized In Carrollton

CARROLLTON (CBSDFW.COM) - With a loud crunch, a repairman scraped away the shattered glass, carving broken windows off a minivan.

It was a scene playing out across Northwest Carrollton Saturday, as neighbors woke up to discover cracked mirrors and windshields on their cars, after an overnight vandalism spree.

"It's one of those things you're just surprised by.  And then you see it, and you're like, 'oh, no'," said Jake Smith, who lost both the windshield and rear window on his van.

By 7 o'clock in the morning, police say they'd taken 28 reports of damage.  By noon, that number had grown to 69 reports.  By nightfall, police say, it was 89.

Investigators believe at least three young men drove down neighborhood streets between 3 a.m. and – 5 a.m. striking one car after another, parked along the curb.

A homeowner's surveillance camera captured the vandals in action.

Driving up in a white four door car, two young men can be seen seated on its windowsills, as one reaches over and quickly smashes the side mirror on a parked truck.

Causing potentially tens of thousands of dollars in damage, the vandals, if caught. face felony charges of criminal mischief, a crime punishable with prison time.

"It feels a little bit like a violation on us to be trespassed like this," said Kay Smith, who spent the day focused on fixing her husband's van.

Police say they do have some witnesses, who described the vandals' car as a white, 4-door, mid 90's model car, possibly a Toyota Camry, with a gold license plate bracket.