Christmas vandalism in Waukesha, woman arrested
WAUKESHA, Wis. - An arrest has been made by Waukesha police following a string of brazen acts of vandalism caught on camera on Christmas Day.
Police said 40-year-old Anna Michalkiewicz was booked on more than a dozen counts. She has yet to be formally charged.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m., a woman can be seen walking up to a car in a driveway, scratching it, and going back over it, then walking down the middle of the street.
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Video from another home in the River Hills Estates neighborhood starts shortly after 12:30 a.m. A woman is seen picking up a rock and walking out of frame. The homeowner tells FOX6 the video started after the woman tried to break the living room window.
Shortly after 1:00 a.m., video from another home's front door shows a woman walk up to the house and throw a rock at the front door, shattering glass. The woman then walks up, opens the door, picks up the rock and walks into the night.
While thankful an arrest has been made, a neighborhood is still on high alert. Many are now dealing with thousands of dollars worth of damage done to their properties.
FOX6 spoke with Chuck Everette Tuesday, Dec. 26. Everett said he was at his home on Oak View Drive in Waukesha when he got a text from a neighbor at around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 25, telling him that someone was randomly keying and spray-painting cars and homes.
Anna Michalkiewicz
"It’s very, very frustrating," Everette said. "I mean, a lot of anger, of how dare this person do this."
A woman allegedly popped the tires on Everette’s vehicle.
"It was a young girl, well-dressed, just thinking that she had a bad Christmas so she wanted everybody else to," he said. "It took about 20 seconds to pop the tire with a sharp blade [that] looked like a razor blade box cutter then went around to every side of the vehicle and scratched it, gauged it deep enough that curls of metal came off."
But that’s not all.
"She came back again and did the spray paint on my vehicle at 8:43 p.m. so she was out in the rain, wet for over an hour and a half."
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Waukesha police said about 22 cases have been reported. They believe they've located all possible victims in the case.
"If I had to estimate, there’s probably over $100,000, if not $200,000 worth of damage and she needs to be held accountable for that," Everette said.
While it was not an ideal end to the Christmas holiday, Everette said he is glad nobody was hurt.
Via Waukesha Police
"The way she held that box cutter and knife, I assume if anybody would have come out, I would be fearful of what she would be willing to do with it," he said.
It's unclear if Michalkiewicz has an attorney to speak on her behalf.
Police are recommending 13 felony and misdemeanor criminal damage to property and two counts from the village.
This story's been updated clarifying context of one of the homeowner's videos, and what occurred prior to the video began.