OAKLAND — A suspect was arrested Monday morning in a vandalism spree that left greater than $25,000 in damaged home windows at a restaurant, on United States Postal Service automobiles and at a submit workplace constructing within the Uptown space, authorities mentioned.
The 38-year-old man was arrested after he tripped and fell whereas making an attempt to run from police, authorities mentioned. The person, who authorities mentioned is homeless, was arrested on suspicion of quite a few felony vandalism counts. After being medically cleared, he was to be taken to a psychiatric facility for analysis.
About 9:35 a.m. Monday, police started receiving studies of a person breaking home windows within the 500 block of West Grand Avenue, west of Telegraph Avenue.
It turned out the person, utilizing a big rock, had damaged two plate glass home windows at a Taco Bell restaurant earlier than going right into a United States Postal Service parking zone subsequent to the restaurant. There, he broke home windows on seven postal service supply vehicles and one other automobile, authorities mentioned.
He additionally broke out the entrance door of the West Grand Provider Annex throughout the road, authorities mentioned.
No accidents have been reported. The rock was recovered.
Police haven't been in a position to decide a motive for the vandalism.
Workers author George Kelly contributed to this report.