A 47-year-old Waterloo, Ont. man is facing over a dozen charges after he allegedly used an axe to damage two vehicles in Kitchener, Ont. and nearby Wellington County.
One of the incidents was caught on video.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say they arrested the man after receiving a report he hit a parked vehicle with an axe at a business on Wellington Road 86 around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Police say he caused significant damage before driving away. He was later stopped by officers.
Earlier on Thursday morning, people living the Mannheim area of Kitchener experienced a similar situation.
Home security footage of the Kitchener incident shows a man wearing a high-visibility vest approach a pickup truck parked in a driveway and hit the truck multiple times with the axe.
Photos of the damage to the truck show a slit in the windshield, with cracked glass around the area of impact.
FAMILY SPEAKS OUT
For the Inwood family, the destruction of their vehicle was not how they wanted to kick off their vacation.
"Our neighbour across the street informed me an axe had gone through our windshield, so I was a little flustered because it was supposed to be our first day of vacation,” Sarah Inwood, whose car was damaged said,
Walking outside their forest heights home they saw the extent of the damage.
"There was glass all over the front seat of the car, they hit the hood, the front taillight was broken,” said Sarah Inwood.
They learned a man with an axe hit their car and they say at least 10 others nearby were damaged.
"I was just shocked and surprised -- and then to see that it wasn't just ours like a bunch of vehicles in the neighbourhood had been hit. It just seemed bizarre," Ryan Inwood said.
The Inwoods are waiting to hear just how much damage was done and how much it will cost them.
"The Dodge Ram wasn't driveable, so now it's in the shop and we don't really know the expense of it or how long it's going to take to fix, so that was slightly inconvenient,” said Sarah Inwood.
On Tuesday, Waterloo regional police confirmed to CTV News the incidents are related.
According to OPP, the 47-year-old Waterloo man is facing 14 criminal charges, including two counts of breaking and entering, flight from police, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, operation while impaired, and possession of meth.
Meanwhile, Waterloo regional police have not released information on charges in the Kitchener incident.
