Crime & Safety

Clearwater Police Seek Vandal Who 'Keyed' $236,000 Bentley

Clearwater Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who caused $13,000 damage to a Bentley convertible.

CLEARWATER, FL -- Clearwater Police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who caused $13,000 damage to a Bentley convertible, which retails for about $236,000.

The vandalism took place Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 7, at the Publix on Island Estates. The 2016 Bentley was in the parking lot of the store while the owner was shopping.

During that time, a man walked up and scraped the car with a key or other object. He then left in a dark-colored van. He may have been with a woman who was inside shopping in the store at one point.

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Anyone with information on the man's identity should call the Clearwater Police at (727) 562-4242.

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