---
title: "New Jersey Police Searching for Man Who Slashed 52 Tires on Police & Fire Vehicles"
description: "The town's police fleet was almost entirely disabled."
date: "2017-08-28"
modified: "2017-08-28"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/13891/new-jersey-police-searching-for-man-who-slashed-52-tires-on-police-fire-vehicles"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "fire"
  - "New Jersey"
  - "police"
  - "tires"
---

# New Jersey Police Searching for Man Who Slashed 52 Tires on Police & Fire Vehicles

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Police in New Jersey are searching for a man who was seen on camera entering a municipal parking lot overnight and slashing all 52 tires on 13 cars, including nine marked police cruisers, one fire vehicle, and three cars belonging to on-duty police officers, [according to *NBC* *Philadelphia.*](<https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Tire-Slashing-Vandalism-Police-Fire-Vehicles-Cars-Parking-Lot-Somerdale-Camden-County-New-Jersey-441926143.html>)

Security cameras caught the suspect on his vandalism spree in the small town of Somerdale, New Jersey, about fifteen miles from Philadelphia at around 1:30 am on Sunday morning. After entering the unsecured lot, he methodically slashed all four tires on almost every single car, disabling the majority of the police fleet and causing what's likely thousands of dollars in damage. Footage from the *NBC* report shows the man struck at least one Ford Crown Victoria, a [Ford Police Interceptor Utility](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/13011/ford-will-cover-the-cost-to-fix-police-interceptor-explorers>) (née Explorer), and a Dodge Charger.

Unfortunately, it doesn't appear [that he accidentally stabbed himself in the leg while doing so.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/7227/canadian-man-accidentally-stabs-self-while-slashing-a-tire>)

Police say the man later returned to the crime scene a few hours later and hid across the street from the police station between two parked cars, probably hoping to watch dismayed officers discover the vandalism. He's described as a tall, thin black or Hispanic man wearing red sneakers.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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