COBB COUNTY, Ga. -- A group of teenagers, caught on camera damaging a Cobb County community pool, are draining the pockets of those who live there. Residents told Channel 2 Action News reporter Diana Davis that it’s the second time the pool in their subdivision has been a target of vandalism.

“Parents don’t teach how to respect property anymore,” said Dale Wicks, a resident of the Heather Lakes subdivision in Austell where the vandalism occurred.

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Hidden cameras caught three young men trashing the pool area, tossing trash barrels full of broken glass, and furniture into the pool’s deep end. The teens were also caught kicking and smashing a drinking fountain until it fell off the wall. The vandals broke in through a hole in the fence, which has been repaired.

“This table at the beginning of the year actually had four legs, but over time as you can see, they continue to break the legs off,” said Wicks.

Residents of the Heather Lakes subdivision said they are not wealthy and that all the repair money comes out of their pockets, in addition to the $300 yearly homeowner’s association fee.

Residents installed cameras after repeated vandalism last summer, but not everyone wants to continue paying over and over again so vandals can cause destruction.

Residents said they not only want the vandals caught, but they also want them to pay for the damage they've done.