---
title: "Texas Man Accused of Damaging 12 Police Cars With Sledgehammer"
description: "Nearly $5,000 in damage after early morning incident in Dallas."
date: "2018-02-05"
modified: "2018-02-05"
authors:
  - name: "Kate Gibson"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kate-gibson"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/18260/texas-man-accused-of-damaging-12-police-cars-with-sledgehammer"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "dallas"
  - "police cars"
  - "Texas"
---

# Texas Man Accused of Damaging 12 Police Cars With Sledgehammer

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A Texas man faces charges of criminal mischief after allegedly taking a sledgehammer to police cars in Dallas early Sunday, according to multiple reports.

Gregory Simpson, 58, entered a police station parking lot in Dallas, where he damaged 12 marked squad cars, causing about $4,900 in damage, according to an [account](<https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2018/02/04/12-dallas-police-squad-cars-smashed-suspectwith-sledgehammer-deep-ellum-officials-say>) in the *Dallas Morning News*.

The suspect was taken into custody with his bond set at $50,000, according to a [report](<https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Person-Takes-Sledgehammer-to-Dallas-Police-Cars-472617483.html>) by a local *NBC* affiliate.

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*Gregory Simpson, *Dallas Police Department**

The Dallas Police Association posted photos of the damage Sunday afternoon calling for security modifications at the substation.

"What's it going to take folks, officer getting killed?," DPA said in a tweet. "These parking lots need to be secure!."

https://twitter.com/_/status/960202048045232128

There have been a series of attacks at Dallas police stations the last two years, prompting police to increase security.

Last year voters approved nearly $7 million in bond funding for security upgrades. The police association estimated that the added security had cost the city several millions of dollars.

https://twitter.com/_/status/960264683059064832

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