Vandals smash vinyl fences in two Utah cities, costing homeowners thousands – KJZZ

DRAPER (KUTV)

Some Utahns are trying to track down a group of vandals, saying fence smashing has gotten out of control.

Police in Draper and Sandy told 2News they received four reports of damaged fences over the weekend two in each city. Some of the homeowners said theyve been targeted before.

Rebecca Yu of Draper said a group of people smashed her vinyl fence near 1000 East 12000 South just after midnight on Friday (early Saturday morning). Its the second time her fence has been hit in two years.

Theres not a point to fixing it continually when its going to keep getting broken again, she said.

Another homeowner in Draper, who had her fence repaired by Monday, said she saw about seven young men in hoodies slam their bodies into her fence, then take off in two vehicles.

People have been talking about a trend, a disturbing trend, Yu said, where high school students are pushing their bodies into the fence and breaking it.

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I would never even think to do that, she added. I dont understand the psychological reasoning for that.

Yu said she may put up a chain-link fence thats not as easily destroyed.

Parents, please talk to your children, and I hope that there can be some honest communication with whats your child doing when theyre not home at midnight and 1 in the morning, Yu said.

A resident of Sandy told 2News in an email:

2News has documented at least 30 cases of similar fence vandalism in past years:

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