Enraging moment brazen teen vandals destroy local Cairns business’ $2.4millon crane and boast online
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Angering moment: Delinquent teen vandals destroy local business’s $2.4 million tow truck, bragging about it online: ‘Because we can’
- Two teenagers vandalized millions of dollars worth of machinery
- They posted videos of the acts online.
- Local business owners were devastated.
Teenage vandals have been caught bragging about destroying millions of dollars worth of machinery belonging to local businesses after they posted videos of the shameless acts online.
The owners of the damaged equipment said two teenagers had destroyed a $2.4 million crane and a 20-tonne excavator over the weekend, before uploading videos of themselves to social media.
In the videos, two men can be seen breaking the windows of the crane after having covered it with spray paint and ripping the equipment to pieces.
Two teenage boys filmed themselves vandalizing millions of dollars worth of machinery belonging to two local Cairns businesses.
Footage posted online shows children smashing the windows of a $2.4 million crane
The boys can be heard bragging and swearing as they continue to ravage the machine.
Text overlaid on the images reads, “because we can,” followed by a kissy face emoji.
The $2.4 million crane is owned by the Cairns-based family business Century Cranes.
General manager Bianca Wilson said she was devastated after the discovery of the attack on her property and that the crane had been purchased last year.
“It’s one of our two biggest machines and with the infrastructure projects around Cairns at the moment, we’re heavily reliant on both,” Ms Wilson told the Courier mail on Monday.
“We are not sure if it will be necessary to cancel the team, as we are still evaluating it.”
Ms Wilson said the biggest concern was the damage to the crane’s internal computer system, as it was crucial to the machine’s operation.
The vandals used a large wooden pole to vandalize the heavy machinery.
The $500,000 excavator is owned by Advanced Civil Earthworks, a Cairns company.
Supervisor Toby Proctor said the vandals smashed windows, ripped out the radio and covered the exterior and interior with spray paint.
Proctor said he was waiting for police to fully assess the damage to the expensive piece of machinery.
Proctor said he and Wilson were able to identify and contact the reckless teens through the online videos, but they showed no remorse.
“The problem here is juvenile crime and the fact that they do it for no apparent reason other than to destroy something,” he said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Queensland Police for comment.