Man Arrested Overnight For Vandalizing Parking Meters With A Sledge Hammer

Maybe he was frustrated and needed to take some aggression out, or maybe he just didn’t think it was fair that the City of Fond du Lac makes you pay to park in certain areas of downtown, but for some reason, a man, in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 23, 2023, started smashing parking meters with a sledge hammer on Macy Street between Forest Avenue and 1st Street.

At around 3:45 AM a person witnessing the assault of the innocent meters called the Fond du Lac County Dispatch Center who sent a couple of City of Fond du Lac Police Officers.

Officers found the man in the alleyway behind Top Shelf Sports Bar and Grille where he immediately raised his hands in the air and surrendered to officers.

Officers took the man into custody. It is unknown what charges the man is facing.