--- title: Brampton Car Vandal Slashing Tires Turns Out to Be a Dog description: Bad dog, no biscuit canonical: https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-18T12:00:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:54.121Z og:title: The Criminal Mastermind Behind a Car Vandalism Spree Is Not Who You'd Expect og:description: Hint: this mastermind wasn't human og:url: https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Criminal Mastermind Behind a Car Vandalism Spree Is Not Who You'd Expect twitter:description: Hint: this mastermind wasn't human twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Criminal Mastermind Behind a Car Vandalism Spree Turned Out To Be A Dog by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 18, 2014 12:00 PM CUT by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 18, 2014 12:00 PM CUT The English town of Brampton had been plagued with a seemingly relentless stream of car vandalism. Over the last six months, a criminal had popped over two dozen car tires belonging to local residents and police had no leads as to the culprit. One victim, Ann Taylor, sought to end the crime wave and set up a CCTV camera. That’s when the criminal was caught red-handed. Or, rather, red-pawed. Turns out the vandal plaguing the town was a border collie named Jess who, in fact, had it out for cars. The pup had been run over a few months ago and was intent on seeking her revenge. The video shows the collie’s clear intent and the tenacity with which she aims to fulfill her goal of stopping those evil car tires from injuring any other dogs. To stop the crime spree, the dog will be kept on a leash from now on. \[Via [BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27058362 "undefined")\] **MORE**: [McGruff the Crime Dog Actor Jailed for Pot, Grenade Launchers](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/06/mcgruff-the-crime-dog-actor-jailed-for-pot-grenade-launchers/ "undefined") **MORE**: [Man Blames Cat for Child Porn on His Computer](http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/12/man-blames-cat-for-child-porn-on-his-computer/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/"},"headline":"The Criminal Mastermind Behind a Car Vandalism Spree Turned Out To Be A Dog","datePublished":"2014-04-18T12:00:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:54.121Z","description":"Bad dog, no biscuit","url":"https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","animals","Dog"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/66607/the-criminal-mastermind-behind-a-car-vandalism-spree-turned-out-to-be-a-dog/","name":"The Criminal Mastermind Behind a Car Vandalism Spree Turned Out To Be A Dog"}}]}] ```