{"id":150960,"date":"2026-01-27T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150960\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:00:13","slug":"serial-windshield-smasher-terrorizing-los-angeles-neighborhood-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/150960\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial \u2018windshield smasher\u2019 terrorizing Los Angeles neighborhood again"},"content":{"rendered":"

A serial windshield smasher who\u00a0seemingly targets\u00a0parked vehicles at random has residents of a Los Angeles neighborhood frustrated and on edge.<\/p>\n

The man\u2019s most recent rampage occurred in Silverlake Jan. 24, but he\u00a0was also captured on surveillance cameras shattering windshields in the same area in November\u00a0and, according to resident Mesa\u00a0Dihl, the vandalism appears indiscriminate.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I was walking up, there were two other cars on the\u00a0street\u00a0also smashed that night,\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0said of the latest incident. \u201cSo, I saw those two and was anticipating maybe it would happen to my car and, sure enough, it was all smashed in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footage of the man shows him loitering\u00a0in the area of\u00a0Bellevue Avenue and Tularosa Driver around\u00a04 a.m. Jan. 24 when he suddenly walks between two cars, grabs broken chunk of concrete off the curb\u00a0and hurls at the nearest vehicle\u2019s windshield.<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/a><\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

Including\u00a0Dihl\u2019s\u00a0vehicle, the man left seven residents with destroyed windshields scrambling to borrow a family\u2019s member\u2019s car or being unable to get to work until\u00a0the costly repairs were made.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s completely random,\u201d Sylvia Prieto, who lives in the\u00a0neighborhood,\u00a0told KTLA\u2019s Rachel\u00a0Menitoff.<\/p>\n

Her sister\u2019s vehicle has been targeted twice by the serial smasher.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope it\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0keep happening because\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0an inconvenience, it\u2019s expensive,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

\"Silverlake<\/p>\n

A man seen shattering windshields seemingly at random in Silverlake on Jan. 24, 2026. (viewer image)<\/p>\n

One neighbor who spoke to KTLA said the man is often seen on surveillance footage walking north to south in nearby Virgil Village between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. and wonders if\u00a0he might work nearby or is\u00a0perhaps coming\u00a0from bars in the area.<\/p>\n

Jeff Robinson, who manages one of the apartment buildings in Silverlake, says he\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0figure out the man\u2019s motive for causing so much damage.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was a car on Bellevue that he busted the rear window out of and then there\u2019s a duffle bag and other things in there,\u201d he explained. \u201cHe\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0want to\u00a0steal. He just wanted to break stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robinson thinks the windshield wrecker\u00a0just wants to see the destruction and, maybe, is\u00a0working out some kind of anger in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s inconsiderate, it\u2019s thoughtless and there\u2019s no purpose for it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0just some knucklehead being a knucklehead.\u201d<\/p>\n

While residents in the neighborhood are hoping someone recognizes the man, investigators at the Los Angeles Police Department\u2019s Rampart Division are working the case.<\/p>\n

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