Suspect tied to two separate incidents.
One man has been arrested after two businesses in downtown St. Catharines experienced damage to their storefront windows.
Around 5:35 a.m. on June 14th, police responded to a report of damage to a storefront on St. Paul Street near James Street.
Officers say the glass door and a plate glass window had been shattered.
Closed circuit video footage revealed the suspect was riding a skateboard down St. Paul Street near James Street at 4:49 a.m. on June 14th.
The suspect can be seen retrieving a slingshot and a metal 'BB' before shooting the front of the business and breaking the glass.
The suspect has been identified as 31 year old Matthew Dean Bodo of St. Catharines.
Further investigation turned up footage from a similar incident on June 10th.
In that incident, a man was spotted riding a skateboard on St. Paul Street near Carlisle Street, when a sling shot was used to shoot the window of a nearby business.
The total damage for the two incidents is estimated at about $7,500.
Bodo has been charged with two counts of Mischief UNder $5,000.
A court date has been set for September 2nd.
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