Hey, cut it out!
A Florida man has been busted for snipping the brake lines to Fort Lauderdale’s electric scooter-share program, authorities said.
Randall Williams, 59, was hit with a third-degree felony criminal mischief charge Sunday after he was caught on surveillance footage tampering with the Lime rides.
The footage released by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department shows the suspect — wearing shorts and sandals — severing the brake lines of two of the e-scooters on East Broward Boulevard.
Police say a total of 20 electric scooters were found nearby with severed brake lines.
Since April, authorities said, 140 electric scooters had been vandalized and in each case, the two-wheeler’s brake line had been severed.
Those incidents remain under investigation, police said.
Following Williams’ arrest, he told cops “he did not want to dig himself into a grave,” NBC News reported.
Williams, according to the news outlet, has since posted bail and was released.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department said it previously notified the electric scooter vendor, which “proactively” removed the scooters in the area from service to avoid rider injury.
“Anyone who witnesses someone tampering with electric scooters should call 911 immediately,” the police department said. “Additionally, anyone who finds a scooter that appears to have been tampered with should contact the vendor.”



