What Crime Did the Car Commit?...Drunk Driver Causes Random Vehicle Damage

Drunk Job Seeker Scratches 5 Cars and Flees
Side Mirrors Damaged on 5 Vehicles Parked in Apartment Complex
In April, Porsche Vandalism and Owner Assault Near Gangnam Station Also Reported

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Jung-yoon] Crimes involving the destruction of others' vehicles without reason while intoxicated have been occurring repeatedly. Those who committed these random acts of violence were eventually caught by the police.

On the 20th, according to the police, the Seodaemun Police Station in Seoul booked a man in his 20s, Mr. A, on charges of property damage for damaging five parked vehicles.

Mr. A is accused of scratching five vehicles parked in an alley in Bukgajwa-dong with a sharp object and fleeing while intoxicated in the early morning of the 25th of last month. He reportedly told the police that he was a job seeker who had been under stress due to difficulties finding employment caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The police identified him through closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and arrested Mr. A about three weeks after the incident occurred.

In Gwangju, Mr. B (35), who damaged parked vehicles while intoxicated, was arrested by the police on charges of vehicle damage. On the 10th at around 11:30 p.m., he was caught in the act by police after breaking the side mirrors of five vehicles and knocking over a motorcycle in an apartment complex in Buk-gu, Gwangju, while heavily intoxicated.

Police investigations revealed that Mr. B had previously been fined for other crimes but was wanted for failing to pay the fines.

In April, an incident also occurred near Gangnam Station in Seoul where a man damaged an expensive foreign car and assaulted the car owner while intoxicated.

Mr. C was caught in the act by police on April 23 at around 2 a.m. near Gangnam Station after climbing onto the hood of a Porsche and damaging the vehicle, as well as assaulting the owner. The damaged vehicle was reported to be a Porsche 718 Boxster model worth approximately 100 million KRW. A person claiming to be an acquaintance of the victim posted a video and a message about the incident on an online community, expressing disbelief.

Earlier, on April 19, a man in his 20s, a university student, was criminally charged after kicking the passenger door of a Bentley worth about 200 million KRW and assaulting the driver in a busy alley in Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. He reportedly told the police that he could not remember the situation at the time due to intoxication.

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