Nuts & Bolts: Couch Crushes Jeep

Foolish, foolish people. There are a few of them, aren't there? In this edition of nuts and bolts, we bring you senseless destruction caused by a couch:

Police are still on the lookout for suspects, after a Jeep Grand Cherokee was crushed by a couch and several vehicles were vandalized over the weekend.

The 20 year-old owner of the Jeep, who is a student at Newbury College, said that he and several others were hanging out on the front porch of a friend’s house at 67 Chester St. the evening of Saturday, Dec. 16, when three unknown men approached them and attempted to join in the party.

An argument broke out after one of the men hit on a female party guest. The three were promptly asked to leave, which they did. Then the Jeep’s owner and his friends went inside the house to continue the party there.

No one realized that anything was amiss until they heard police out on the street about 20 minutes later, at which point they discovered the couch, which had previously been on the porch, had been thrown onto the hood of the Jeep.

“I guess they just wanted to get back at us for making them leave,” said the Jeep’s owner, who asked that his name not be used. “Other residents on the street heard cars being vandalized and called the police, but we had no idea what was happening.”

Police said that the windows of several other cars on the street were also damaged, apparently by the same group of men.

The Jeep’s owner, who said that the suspects appeared to be “thick-necked ’roid freaks,” said that although his car sustained about $3,000 in damage to the hood and front fender, it was still drivable.
So far, police have not apprehended any suspects.

*courtesy alliston/brighton TAB