{"id":348155,"date":"2026-07-22T03:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348155\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:46:01","slug":"man-arrested-after-96k-vandalism-caught-on-camera-at-st-pete-apartment-building-police-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348155\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after $96K vandalism caught on camera at St. Pete apartment building: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

Police arrested Andrew O’Neill, 34, for allegedly causing massive damage to a downtown St. Petersburg apartment building property.<\/p>\n

Surveillance footage captured two men damaging landscaping lights and throwing them through windows.<\/p>\n

Investigators estimate the destruction at The Residences at 400 Central costs roughly $96,000.<\/p>\n

Bruce James was identified as the second person allegedly involved in the vandalism. He has not been taken into custody at this time.<\/p>\n

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg<\/a> police arrested one of the two men accused of causing nearly $100,000 in damage to a downtown apartment building earlier in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the St. Pete Police Department, Andrew O’Neill, 34, faces a charge of felony criminal mischief over $1,000 in connection with the vandalism at The Residences at 400 Central.<\/p>\n

St. Petersburg vandalism investigation<\/p>\n

The backstory<\/p>\n

The vandalism happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. on July 11 at the apartment building located at 400 Central Ave. in downtown St. Pete.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: St. Petersburg Police Department<\/p>\n

Investigators previously released surveillance video showing a man kicking landscape lighting fixtures outside the building before throwing them at several glass windows.<\/p>\n

According to the SPPD arrest affidavit, detectives identified O’Neill as the suspect seen on video damaging the property.<\/p>\n

Police say O’Neill was seen on surveillance video destroying landscaping lights while another man, identified as Bruce James, allegedly damaged multiple of the building’s windows.<\/p>\n

Downtown apartment building damage<\/p>\n

By the numbers<\/p>\n

In total, 14 lights were damaged, costing $1,500. James is accused of destroying three windows valued at a total of $25,000 each.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Investigators estimate the total damage at approximately $96,000.<\/p>\n

At the time of the intal investigation, police said investigators were working to determine whether the two men knew each other and what motivated the vandalism.<\/p>\n

\"<div>Courtesy:<\/p>\n

Courtesy: St. Petersburg Police Department<\/p>\n

O’Neill was arrested on Saturday and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on the felony criminal mischief charge.<\/p>\n

Police investigation<\/p>\n

What’s next<\/p>\n

The SPPD arrest affidavit says James faces a felony charge, but he has not been taken into custody at this time.<\/p>\n

The investigation remains ongoing as detectives continue pursuing the case involving Boyle.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

Information for this story was gathered from the St. Petersburg Police Department and previous FOX 13 News reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Police arrested Andrew O’Neill, 34, for allegedly causing massive damage to a downtown St. Petersburg apartment…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[142496,78823,142495,202,204,203,21471,199,201,200,8073],"class_list":["post-348155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-andrew-o39neill","tag-apartment-building","tag-bruce-james","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-pete-police-department","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-vandalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}