Someone Cut Tires On Nearly 90 Airplanes On The Ramp At Merrill Field In Anchorage

The Anchorage Police Department has released images captured by closed-circuit television cameras that show a "person of interest" connected to the tire slashing incident which occurred at Merrill Field last month.

The Alaska Daily News reports that a statement released by police spokeswoman Jennifer Castro said that the images showing the "person of interest" were found in a review of "hundreds of hours" of footage captured by the surveillance cameras on the field.

The vandalism to 87 airplanes parked on the ramp at Merrill Field caused an estimated $200,000 in damage to the aircraft. The tires are valued at $2,000 to $3,000 each, Castro said.

"The person shown in the images was on foot in Merrill Field around 1:20 a.m. on June 2, in the areas where the planes were vandalized," Castro wrote. "The person in the image is wearing dark clothing and had on a backpack that possibly has a reflector on the left side."

Castro declined to say whether the person in the video was seen actually slashing the tires. She said that detectives have reviewed about 7 hour of footage from each of the more than 55 cameras positioned around the airport.

A $1,000 reward is being offered by Anchorage Crime Stoppers for information leading to an arrest in the case.

(Image provided by the Anchorage Police Department)

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