{"id":201562,"date":"2026-05-24T23:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201562\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:17:08","slug":"petulant-pickler-cut-pickleball-nets-at-pennsylvania-parks-because-injury-ruined-his-summer-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201562\/","title":{"rendered":"Petulant pickler cut pickleball nets at Pennsylvania parks because injury &#8216;ruined&#8217; his summer: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He caused quite the pickle. <\/p>\n<p>A petulant Pennsylvania man sliced several pickleball nets inside two local parks in a fit of rage after he sustained an injury that left him on crutches \u2014 and unable to play the sport this summer, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Saif Kaleem, 31, allegedly cut five nets at TLC Park and Mountain View Park in Pocono Township, Pennsylvania, between May 12 and May 14.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.70800781;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39476744\" width=\"418\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Suspect.jpg\" alt=\"Surveillance image of suspect, Saif A. Kaleem, using crutches on a court.\" class=\"wp-image-39476744\"  \/>Saif Kaleem, 31, hurt his leg during a pickleball match. Pocono Township Police Dept<\/p>\n<p>Officers were notified of the vandalism on May 15\u00a0\u2014 but by then, Kaleem\u2019s purported rage quit had subsided.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage obtained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/poconotwppolicedept\/posts\/pfbid037ZGzrBMv6grmFvvjQrDFSVAmhqXwaKatDa68Z68MGBjpoQ5LY9Pz4mQMDsVTNJqKl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Pocono Township Police Department<\/a> showed a man hobbling around on crutches and destroying the sports nets.<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance video captured the suspect leaving in the same white Hyundai Tucson at both parks. <\/p>\n<p>Police traced the vehicle back to Kaleem\u2019s home, where he allegedly confessed to wrecking one pickleball net at TLC Park, all three pickleball nets at Mountain View Park, and a lone tennis court net at Mountain View Park.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39476749\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AdobeStock_642262094.jpg\" alt=\"Yellow pickleball crossing a pickleball net with a shadow on the top tape.\" class=\"wp-image-39476749\"  \/>Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in the US. G.Edwards \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n<p>When pressed for a motive, Kaleem allegedly complained that his \u201csummer was ruined\u201d after he injured his leg during a pickleball match at Mountain View Park, so he took his frustration out on the nets.<\/p>\n<p>Kaleem was charged with criminal mischief and two other unspecified charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He caused quite the pickle. A petulant Pennsylvania man sliced several pickleball nets inside two local parks in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1646,28,30,29,3668,89084,302,709],"class_list":["post-201562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-arrest","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-summer","tag-tennis-match","tag-us-news","tag-vandalism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}