{"id":211952,"date":"2026-03-30T18:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:05:08","slug":"manhunt-underway-for-car-vandal-in-orlandos-wadeview-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/211952\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhunt underway for car vandal in Orlando&#8217;s Wadeview Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orlando police officers are searching for a man who was seen wandering around the Wadeview Park neighborhood early Sunday, smashing windows and rummaging through cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The man, wearing ski gloves and ski goggles, walked around a three-square-block area west of the park. There was no clear pattern to which cars were hit and which were left alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Some cars had expensive items and coins left in them. Neighbors said the man examined the items and tossed them back into the cars, and they weren\u2019t sure what he was looking for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">\u201cHe walked around this neighborhood for hours like that, and no one stopped and asked him any questions,\u201d Chad Keaton said. \u201cNot one person drove by him and saw him looking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Keaton had two cars hit. He showed off scratches on one where the man climbed in through the window.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">To neighbors\u2019 frustration, the man evaded multiple security cameras and was never captured in great detail, at least in the videos that have been circulating in community groups. He also didn\u2019t set many of the neighborhood\u2019s dogs off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Orlando Police stepped up patrols Sunday night, which Keaton said he appreciated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">\u201cI just think more policing around here needs to happen,\u201d he said, adding that it was the fourth window claim he\u2019s made to his insurance company in recent years. \u201cI mean, I haven\u2019t seen a cop in this neighborhood since the stop the shelter meeting like patrolling, until last night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. 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