ST. PETERSBURG,Fla. (WFLA) — St. Pete Police are looking for two men caught on surveillance camera causing nearly $100,000 in damage to a luxury condo tower downtown.
“We have a lot of cameras in the downtown area and we are watching,” said Ken Knight, public information specialist with St. Pete Police.
Two men were seen on surveillance video walking on the sidewalk when one of them was seen stopping to rip up the building’s lighting and use a baseball-style pitch to throw the light at the windows of the 400 Central building over and over.
“This is some clowns who weren’t necessarily all that sober at the moment,” said St. Pete resident Charlie Davenport.
400 Central is the largest residential tower in the city. The bottom floor of the building is still under construction.
“I think it was just some people, maybe had a little bit too much to drink, maybe had a little bit too much fun,” said Antonio Taylor, another resident. “They’re like, ‘Okay, let’s do something.'”
Police aren’t sure where the men were coming from or where they went. As far as why they decided to take it out on the building.
“That’s a mystery to us,” said Knight. “Hopefully we will get a chance to chat with them and figure out why they were so upset that they chose to do this act of vandalism.”
They’re asking anyone who recognizes either of the two men or has more information to contact them.
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