A Hellertown man was arrested Monday and charged with smashing vehicle windshields across Bethlehem’s South Side and surrounding Northampton County communities in a months-long vandalism spree that police say may involve roughly 100 vehicles and tens of thousands of dollars in damage.
Grant M. Chase, 37, was taken into custody without incident Monday morning after Bethlehem Police executed a search and arrest warrant at his residence. He faces charges of criminal mischief as a felony of the third degree, a misdemeanor of the second degree and a misdemeanor of the third degree, according to court records.
Chase had been under investigation since late 2025, when law enforcement agencies across the county began receiving a wave of complaints about parked vehicles being struck with what is believed to have been a hammer. The suspect became informally known within the community as the “Hammer Slammer,” according to the Bethlehem Police Department…