Tire-slashing spree damages at least seven cars in Brewer’s Hill

At least seven vehicles were damaged in Brewer’s Hill after a tire-slashing spree that left residents facing repair bills, insurance claims and the scramble of getting to work without a car. For households already balancing city living costs, the hit was immediate: a damaged tire can mean hundreds of dollars in losses, plus the disruption of being stranded until repairs are done.

Surveillance video from the Brewers Hill Camera Network captured a group walking near Fait Avenue and South Dean Street, with one person approaching a vehicle and tampering with a tire before walking away. Police were also told of a separate report involving four people slashing tires around 1:40 a.m. on South Clinton Street, about a ten-minute walk from Brewer’s Hill, suggesting the vandalism may have reached beyond one block and into the wider Canton and Southeast Baltimore area.

Among the residents dealing with the fallout was Alison Weatherald, whose vehicle was among those damaged. Katie Kennedy also said her tire was punctured, describing damage that looked different from what happened to her neighbor’s car. The variety of damage, and the number of vehicles hit in the same area, turned a single overnight crime into a neighborhood-wide problem by morning.

Brant Fisher, president of Brewers Hill Neighbors, said the damage could cost victims hundreds of dollars and force them to miss work. That is the part of the story residents are likely to feel longest: the inconvenience of arranging repairs, the possibility of insurance deductibles, and the uneasy feeling that an ordinary parking space is no longer safe. In a neighborhood where many people depend on cars for commuting and errands, even a small cluster of vandalism can ripple through school drop-offs, shift schedules and weekend plans.

Brewer’s Hill falls within Baltimore Police’s Southeastern District, which covers Brewers Hill, Canton, Highlandtown and Greektown. The district holds a monthly commander’s crime and community meeting on the fourth Wednesday at 6 p.m., a forum where residents often raise repeated quality-of-life problems like vandalism and car break-ins. Baltimore police say their public crime data is preliminary and subject to change, and the department now reports under NIBRS, effective Jan. 1, 2025, which means any later updates to the case will flow through that system as investigators work to identify the people shown in the footage.