A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man has been charged with dumping nails and screws for nearly a month near entrances of Hockessin communities that damaged at least eight vehicles, New Castle County police said.

Since the end of March, New Castle County police officers responded to several reports of someone deliberately dumping nails and screws on the roadway near the entrance of residential communities.

Surveillance cameras captured a black pickup near the area of the incident that police used to link it to the Pennsylvania man.

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After his arrest on Thursday, police learned the man had been targeting a specific individual in a Hockessin neighborhood. The individual was identified and made aware of the incident, police said.

The man was charged with stalking, several counts of criminal mischief and disorderly conduct. After his arraignment, the man was committed to Howard Young Correctional Institution after failing to post a $5,000 cash bail.

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Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299, eparra@delawareonline.com.

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