{"id":340440,"date":"2026-07-15T02:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340440\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T02:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:36:08","slug":"police-search-for-men-after-st-pete-apartment-building-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/340440\/","title":{"rendered":"Police search for men after St. Pete apartment building vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Pete<\/a> police are investigating a case of vandalism at a downtown apartment building over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police are searching for two men seen in surveillance video walking away from the scene on First Avenue South Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>   St. Petersburg police investigation <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say a portion of the Residences at 400 Central was vandalized around 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Surveillance video released by police shows a man kicking up landscape lighting fixtures outside the apartment building and repeatedly throwing them at the glass windows.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vandals-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">It appears that part of the building is still under construction inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police say 14 light fixtures were torn out, and several windows were smashed. The damage totals around $96,000.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A second man eventually entered the camera&#8217;s frame, but he was only seen standing there.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vandals-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;They appear to be in the same vicinity to each other,&#8221; Ken Knight, a spokesperson for the St. Pete Police Department, said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if they were acquaintances or just happened to be the same area, but that&#8217;s something that I&#8217;m sure our investigators are looking at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Searching for suspects <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators do not know if the two men are acquaintances or if they just happened to be in the area together.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The motive behind the destruction remains unclear.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information is asked to contact the St. Petersburg Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from the St. Petersburg Police Department, who provided surveillance video and official statements.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Petersburg<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. 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