65 Cars In Astoria Tagged With Anarchy Symbol, Says NYPD

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Police are looking for a person who they suspect has vandalized 65 vehicles in Astoria with the anarchy symbol since March 26.

The most recent incident happened Saturday morning, between 7:35 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., when the suspect vandalized eight vehicles parked on 32 Street between 34 Avenue and Broadway, according to the NYPD.

The week before, on the mornings of May 18 and May 19, the person tagged 17 vehicles on 33 Street between 23 Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard and 20 vehicles on 27 Street between 23 Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard, respectively, police said.

The person also spray painted 20 vehicles parked on 35 Street between 31 Avenue and Broadway on the morning of March 26, said the police.

Multiple news outlets reported that the person mainly tagged cars with a capital letter ‘A’ often inside a circle — which police said was also the symbol used to vandalize the home in Woodside earlier this month. The figure is an anarchy symbol.

Police did not say if the incident on Tuesday, May 18 was connected to other instances of vandalism and tire slashings in Woodside, which were reported on the same day.

The NYPD did not give a description of the suspect, but they included video footage that was gathered from nearby to where two instances of vandalism took place.

The NYPD asked that anyone with information about the incident in Long Island City call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) or submit a tip online or on Twitter.