DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Gail Foorman told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik she discovered damage to her car last week after eating in a restaurant in a shopping center on Chamblee-Dunwoody Road.
"I was furious," she said.
She said the vandal had smashed out both of the side mirrors on her car.
"It's gonna cost us $200 to replace the mirrors."
Dunwoody Police are crediting employees and other customers from a nearby Kroger for helping to detain the woman until officers could arrive.
"We received multiple calls of people coming out and finding the side mirrors on their vehicles had been broken," said Dunwoody police Sgt. Robert Parsons.
Parsons said officers arrived to find Sue Nixon and a pair of pliers still with her.
"She was just going through the parking lot with whatever tool she was using and breaking out side mirrors," he said. "I believe she indicated she was upset."
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Parsons said detectives linked Nixon to more than a dozen cases in Dunwoody and he said Sandy Springs police had taken similar charges for attacks in North Fulton County.
He said officers took Nixon to a hospital for an evaluation and that she would be taken to the DeKalb County jail upon her release.
"We were only able to find this person because we had observant witnesses in the parking lot who saw something out of place, stuck around and paid attention."
Foorman told Petchenik she wants to be compensated for the damage to her vehicle.
"Why did this lady come over and just do property damage and randomly cost me and other people money and time for no reason at all?"
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