A social media trend encouraging vandalism has made its way to Cranston.
Police said at least two fences were damaged this weekend, possibly by kids recreating a classic commercial.
Giant holes were punched into privacy fences on the Cranston-Johnston line.
You could see right through to the pool at the home on Birchwood Drive.
A few streets over, the gaps are smaller but still noticeable.
“It’s a little upsetting,” Wayne Cushman, neighbor said.
One homeowner who declined to speak with us on camera said he was a victim of the Kool-Aid Man challenge.
Videos, often appearing on TikTok, encourage teens to run through a fence, like the soft drink mascot did in advertisements.
Neighbors were not thrilled about kids re-creating the old commercials.
“I think it’s terrible kids are defacing property and stuff like that. Hopefully, they get caught, somebody catches them on a ring doorbell and reports it,” Cushman said.
Residents told us a similar situation happened in the area near Plainfield Pike months ago.
NBC 10 also spoke with a Raynham woman who became a victim of the challenge, last fall.
“I think we were pretty shocked at how easily the fence exploded, ” Jodee Viola said at the time.
Back in Cranston there’s still repair work to be done.
“It could be frustrating for a homeowner and expensive,” Cushman said.
Police said so far there are no suspects in the two recent cases of vandalism.
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