LAWRENCE, Mass. -- A repeat car vandal was finally caught after the owner installed a surveillance camera outside her home.
The woman who owns the Honda minivan claims her car has been repeatedly vandalized for several years, including broken side windows and a hole punched into the car's hood.
Less than a month after the surveillance system was set up, she caught the culprit.
The suspect actually got up on a chair and took down the camera in an attempt to confiscate the tape, but the footage was being recorded to a computer system inside the home.
Lionel Colon, 25, of Lawrence was arrested Friday after he was caught on camera and identified by the woman as a friend of her former brother-in-law.
Lawrence was charged with trespassing and larceny of property.
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