Teenage vandals have been caught bragging about the destruction of local businesses’ equipment worth millions of dollars after posting recordings of their shameful deeds online.
Two teenagers, according to the owners of the damaged equipment, destroyed a $2.4 million crane and a 20-ton excavator over the weekend before sharing videos of themselves on social media.
In the films, two individuals are seen destroying the windows of the crane after spray-painting it and ripping off components of the apparatus.
Two teenagers recorded themselves vandalizing equipment worth millions of dollars belonging to two local Cairns firms.
Online video depicts the lads shattering the windows of a $2.4 million crane.
As they proceed to trash the equipment, the boys can be heard gloating and cursing.
The film is overlaid with the text “because we can” followed by an emoji of a couple kissing.
The $2.4 million crane belongs to the family-owned and operated Cairns enterprise Century Cranes.
Bianca Wilson, the general manager, revealed that she was devastated after discovering the attack on her property and that the crane had only been purchased a year ago.
Ms. Wilson told the Courier Mail on Monday, “It is one of two of our largest machines, and with the infrastructure projects around Cairns, we rely heavily on both of them.”
We are still evaluating whether the equipment will need to be written off, therefore we are unsure.
Ms. Wilson stated that the damage to the internal computer system of the crane was the most concerning because it was essential to the machine’s operation.
The vandals utilized a huge wooden stick to destroy the heavy equipment.
The excavator is owned by the Cairns company Advanced Civil Earthworks.
Toby Proctor, the building’s supervisor, reported that vandals smashed windows, took out the radio, and spray-painted the building’s outside and interior.
Mr. Proctor stated that he was awaiting the police’s comprehensive assessment of the damage to the costly piece of machinery.
Mr. Proctor stated that he and Ms. Wilson were able to identify and contact the irresponsible adolescents using the web recordings, but that they exhibited no remorse.
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