The Great Smoky Mountain Journal

Staff, Wire Reports

Posted: Sunday, January 21, 2018 06:31 PM

Dozens Of Cars Vandalized in North Knoxville

KNOXVILLE - (SOURCE: WVLT) - Broken glass lined the streets of Old North Knoxville, in the latest in a string of vandalism.

About a dozen cars were damaged there Thursday night.

This comes after police were already investigating more than 20 reports of broken car windows in South Knoxville earlier this week.

Officials have not yet said whether the cases are connected.

Neighbors said nothing was stolen from the cars, but one owner got an estimate of more than $200 for repairs.

They guess the total damages will add up to about $2,000 across the neighborhood.

Nicholas Ferruso, whose car was vandalized, said, "I noticed my fiancee's window was smashed and there's glass everywhere. My first impression was someone broke into her car, and then I walked up, noticed there wasn't really anything stolen. I looked down and it was just every car, every car had piles of glass beside them."

Another neighbor said he's never seen anything like this.

Officials said they have a couple good leads in the South Knoxville case, but still ask anyone with information to give them a call at 865-215-7212.