By Owen Boss
Staff Writer
NORTHAMPTON - After being caught shoplifting from Pop's Package Store on Bridge Street, a man was injured during a wild vandalism spree Wednesday afternoon that resulted in damage to several vehicles and businesses, police said. Police declined to release the man's name because he was still being treated at Cooley Dickinson Hospital Wednesday night.
According to Sgt. David Callahan, at 5:15 p.m., police responded to the area of Hawley and Bridge streets for a report that a man was damaging vehicles and storefronts.
"He was inside Pop's and it all began when he shoplifted an item and then damaged their door on the way out," Callahan said.
After breaking the door of the business, the man went on to damage "more than several" nearby vehicles and other businesses, Callahan said.
Callahan was unable to offer details on the businesses that were vandalized or a cost estimate of the damages Wednesday, but he said the man was placed under arrest near the railroad tracks behind Union Station restaurant on Pleasant Street. He suffered lacerations from broken glass incurred during the vandalism spree and was taken to the hospital for treatment, Callahan said.
Owen Boss can be reached at oboss@gazettenet.com
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