{"id":809752,"date":"2026-07-18T08:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809752\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T08:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T08:59:24","slug":"glass-smashing-spree-causes-major-damage-to-metro-vancouver-vehicles-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/809752\/","title":{"rendered":"Glass-smashing spree causes major damage to Metro Vancouver vehicles | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A second major property damage incident in the City of Surrey within 72 hours has prompted police to ask for the public\u2019s help in tracking down the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The latest incident took place in the early morning of Wednesday, July 15, when multiple vehicles in a Newtown neighbourhood were targeted by two people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt approximately 5 a.m., police were called to the area of 75 Avenue and 147A Street regarding an in-progress mischief, where two suspects were observed breaking windows of vehicles that were parked near the roadway,\u201d said the Surrey Police Service (SPS) in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral SPS units responded to the area, but the suspects fled prior to police arrival. In total, nine vehicles sustained glass damage to front, rear, and side windows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"damage\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2294189\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/damage-1024x789.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2294189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surrey Police Service<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department\u2019s investigators were able to obtain CCTV footage and released still images of the suspects and the incident to the public in an attempt to identify the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects appear to be males with slim builds, wearing dark clothing, and using clubs or bats to damage the vehicles,\u201d SPS added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone with information about the glass-smashing spree, including people who recognize the suspects or have dashcam footage, is asked to contact the Surrey Police Service at 604-599-0502 and quote file 26-73430 (SP).<\/p>\n<p>The SPS is also asking the public\u2019s help in identifying a possible suspect linked to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/surrey-city-hall-fire-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent fire at Surrey City Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Surrey fire\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-2293565 size-large\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Surrey-fire-2-1024x683.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2293565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surrey Police Service<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place on Monday, July 13, at approximately 3:30 a.m., when a blaze caused \u201csignificant property damage\u201d to the building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSPS Frontline officers responded to a call from Surrey Fire Services (SFS) that they were on scene for a fire at Surrey City Hall, located at 13450 104th Ave.,\u201d said the police department in a release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSPS Frontline members arrived and observed the southwest side of the building engulfed in smoke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the police department,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surreypolice.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SFS<\/a> told its officers that the fire had most likely started outside of the City Hall in a portable toilet, located against the building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A second major property damage incident in the City of Surrey within 72 hours has prompted police to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-809752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}