Business owners and employees in downtown Mesa were stunned the morning of May 17, 2024, when they arrived to find their glass windows broken. Eight businesses all experienced the same fate as a man walked the street throwing large rocks through their windows as he passed. Luckily for police, the man was caught on surveillance video and several officers identified him quickly as 38-year-old, Brian Galvez.
Although not every act of criminal damage was caught on
video, officers were able to use video evidence from the downtown area to put
together Galvez’s path of destruction, which left over $9,500 worth of damage to
the following businesses:
il Vinaio
Meat Market Vintage
Goods
Department of Child Services
Milano Music Center
Walston Law Group
Mesa Public Library
Hello Sugar
The Azura Veterans
Coalition
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| Meat Market Vintage Goods |
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| The Azura Veterans Coalition |
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| Evidence photo |
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| Rock used to break window |
Galvez was located on May 20, 2024, near Country Club Dr and
Main St as investigators were obtaining more video evidence from il Vinaio and
saw him sitting in the corner of the store. He was arrested and booked into
jail for eight counts of criminal damage, seven of those being a felony because
the damage was over $1,000. Galvez is currently being held on a $10,000 bond.
If you are a business owner or employee of an establishment in the downtown area and had window damage during the late hours of May 16, 2024, into the early morning hours of May 17, 2024, please call the Mesa Police Department at 480-644-2211 to report the incident, it is not too late.
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| Brian Galvez Mug Shot |
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