Mobile Man Offering Reward To Catch Vandals

Alabama Mobile He's offering $500 for the arrest and conviction of vandals that struck last week.

by Steve Alexander

Published: Tue, August 05, 2008 - 7:57 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, August 05, 2008 - 8:07 pm CST

A midtown Mobile man said he's had it with vandalism in his neighborhood.
He's now offering reward money for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the people behind it.
Jonah Dismukes said Tuesday night or Wednesday morning of last week, ten cars in his neighborhood in the area of Clearmont and Williams Street had their windows shot out.
Dismukes said it "looks like I would guess an air gun, but they could be throwing rocks."
But he said the latest vandalism is only the most recent crime.
Dismukes said one night last August, more than 40 homes and cars in this neighborhood were spray painted.
He said police were notified abut both incidents, but "you worry every day about walking outside and finding your front windshield shot out, or your car spray painted."
Dismukes said he's offering a $500 reward for any information that leads to the arrest or conviction of the people involved in the vandalism last week.
He said, "We are going to be passing out flyers this coming week to everybody in the Midtown area."
Rachael Nelson lives in the same neighborhood.
She told News Five "(On) our car last August, the front windshield was broken."
Dismukes said, "People like to brag about things that they've done to their friends. If somebody knows something, we want to catch them."
If you have any clues about last week's vandalism and want to contact Jonah Dismukes, his phone number is 251-300-2518 or you can e-mail him at jonah@farmers-alabama.com.

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rosepetal Says:

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 2:42 pm

they are little heathens, i hate it when they are referred to as kids, when caught they should be tried as adults.

carl Says:

Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 7:40 am

I think the money would be better spent on cameras and recorders for the street. Vandals and criminals don’t like to be seen and recorded.

DEW26M Says:

Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 8:18 pm

Anyone who’s ever attempted to break a car windshield can tell you that a Air Rifle is not enough to shatter one. My guess would be that these kids have figured out the damage you can do with ceramic! Most likely they are using broken spark-plug insulators. It takes a very tiny pea sized piece to completely shatter a car windshield, or side window. It’s a very common practice among Car and car stereo thieves. I would be willing to bet that upon further investigation of the crime scene, you would find small white ceramic pieces around where the vehicles were parked, or even inside the vehicles.