Police say 22 parked and unoccupied vehicles along 33rd Street from 23rd Avenue to Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria were spray painted overnight.
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"I think it's nonsense," victim Larry Ross said. "No one has anything better to do, and it costs people money."
Most of the cars had either the letter A or a line painted on the passenger side of the vehicle.
"Very upset because I'm a senior citizen," victim Petula Lembsis said. "They don't care whose it is. They just like to damage property."
Area residents say this is a repeat offense, and they just want it to stop.
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"Some frustrations, I'm sure," victim Timothy Clark said. "I don't think some of our officials have been as hard on petty crimes as I think they should be. I do think there's a lot going on right now, so I think it's a complicated reasons that probably requires a complicated solution."
Authorities say there are no arrests at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
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