Westchester vandalism: Security video shows older couple destroying plants outside of a home in Edgemont

GREENBURGH, Edgemont (WABC) — While property destruction and other crimes of vandalism are not uncommon, the culprits spotted in security video outside of a Westchester home might surprise you.

Footage shows a seemingly elderly couple walking hand-in-hand kicking then suddenly stomping plants in front of a house in Edgemont.

Jay Patel, the homeowner, told Eyewitness News this was no accident.

“If it was like one or two, I could understand that. But like, 50 of them? Someone intentionally did it,” he said.

Patel planted dozens of Hostas, which tend to grow well in the shade, in front of his home

He intended to spruce up the stretch of Fort Hill Road that had been covered in weeds.

The plants have been there for five years, but over the last month, they’ve been trashed on four separate occasions.

“I don’t have anything against these people, I just want them to stop doing it. Every week …