Crime & Safety
More Than 50 Toyotas Vandalized At Long Beach Dealership
An unknown object was used to scratch the paint on dozens of vehicles, police said.
LONG BEACH, CA – More than 50 vehicles were vandalized over the weekend at a Long Beach Toyota dealership, and police were investigating the incident Tuesday.
Officers dispatched about 10:45 a.m. to the fenced lot in the 2400 block of Wardlow Road learned that some time between 4 p.m. Monday and 10 a.m. Tuesday, the paint on as many as 53 vehicles was scratched, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Whoever did it used an unknown object to scratch the vehicles, police said.
Anyone with information about the vandalism was urged to call the LBPD's Violent Crime Detail at (562) 570-7250. Anonymous tips can be submitted through Crime Stoppers by calling (800) 222-TIPS (8477) or at lacrimestoppers.org.
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