S.O. seeks I.D on SUV seen in area and at same time of a spree which caused $5,000 damage to 7 parked cars in Buccaneer North area of Chalmette early June 4; Call 271-2501

Home surveillance cameras have yielded a photo of an SUV in the immediate area and at the same time when a spree of damage totaling some $5,000 was done to 7 parked vehicles in the Buccaneer North area of Chalmette early June 4, Sheriff James Pohlmann said.

Anyone in the light-colored SUV shown on Evangeline Drive at 4 a.m. Tuesday may either have seen suspicious activity or took part in the crimes, the sheriff said. Sheriff’s detectives would like to question them on whether they noticed anything unusual. Anyone with information should call SBSO at (504) 271-2501.

One or more people threw ceramic items and bricks, all stolen from the lawns of two homes in the area, and broke front or back windshields of vehicles on several streets about 4 a.m. and caused other damage.

One still photo was obtained from a video on a home camera system on Evangeline Drive and that one and another one on Kings Drive have video that are being enhanced to reveal more about the SUV, Sheriff Pohlmann said.

He said the damage amounts to $5,000 and anyone involved would face when caught felony charges of criminal damage to property as well as theft for the items taken that were thrown at the vehicles.

“These were pointless crimes of opportunity,’’ Sheriff Pohlmann said, adding the only aim seemed to be to vandalize the parked vehicles. Nothing apparently was stolen in the incidents.

Maybe it was young people who didn’t realize the severity of what they were doing or someone who didn’t care, the sheriff said.

The sheriff is asking for the public’s help in identifying anyone involved in the incidents or someone who may have been in the SUV. Call the Sheriff’s Office at 271-2501 or call Det. Sgt. Anthony Bruscato, who is handling the case, at 277-7755.

Vehicles were damaged on Kings Drive, Imperial drive, Patricia Street and Hamlet Street, with the biggest number vandalized on Kings Drive.

All were damaged by thrown ceramic items or bricks that were traced to thefts early Tuesday morning from the front of two Chalmette residences, on Benjamin Street and Shangri-La Drive, the sheriff said.