Auto body shop vandalized with swastikas

The owner of a Spring Lake auto repair shop is taking action to stop vandals from damaging vehicles on his lot with racist graffiti.

For the past three weeks, someone has been breaking windows out of cars and painting disturbing messages on cars at Dwayne Haynesworth's Auto Body and Repair shop.

Haynesworth is frustrated and doesn't know why he was targeted.

"I mean I'm not bothering anybody. I'm just out here trying to do business. I don't really know anybody out here," he said.

The vandals spray painted his cars with swastikas and the image of a head with two eyes and a white, Ku Klux Klan hood. One car has the message "Please Leave" painted on it.

Haynesworth has been renting the property on Lillington Highway for about two months. The vandalism started after one of his vehicles was stolen off the lot shortly after he started renting.

Spring Lake Police said they are taking the incident seriously and are stepping up patrols around the business.