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Police ID alleged Southwest Center City tire-slasher

A 54-year-old man has been charged in a series of tire slashings over the weekend in Southwest Center City, police said Thursday.

A 54-year-old man has been charged in a series of tire slashings over the weekend in Southwest Center City, police said Thursday.

Christopher Nelson, of the 900 block of South Fifth Street in Queen Village, was charged with 13 counts of criminal mischief and one count of possession of an instrument of crime. He was in custody Thursday at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

About 1:25 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a man slashing tires on the 1700 block of Christian Street. Upon their arrival, they saw a man matching the tire-slasher's description sitting on the ground next to a Honda Civic with a knife, a cellphone, and a pair of earbuds next to him, police said.

Officers then discovered 13 vehicles on the block with slashed tires. Nelson was taken into custody that day without incident. - Julie Shaw