'What is this town coming to?': Man arrested in Comox Valley after vehicles smashed with axe, business egged

A man who the RCMP had warned the public to be on the lookout for was arrested Thursday morning after taking an axe to a parked vehicle in the Comox Valley.

Alicia O’Quinn was standing inside the Tim Horton’s on Ryan Road in Courtenay, B.C., ordering a coffee when she glanced outside to see a man with an axe approach her parked minivan.

She quickly recalled news articles she had seen online about a man who had recently smashed a vehicle with an axe.

"I was like, 'Oh my god that’s the guy and he’s going to destroy my vehicle!'" O’Quinn told CTV News on Thursday.

And destroy it he did. The 2002 Toyota van now has a smashed windshield, hatchet marks on the side doors, and missing head- and taillights.

Alicia O’Quinn's vehicle is pictured after it was allegedly damaged by a man with an axe on Thursday: (CTV News)

"It was very methodical," O’Quinn said. "He just went by continuously hitting different places of the van."

"At one point he stopped and he turned and he saw us looking at him and did a little dance and proceeded to hit it a couple more times," she said.

O’Quinn says the attack appeared completely random and she had no previous dealings with the man. She saw him drive away as staff inside the doughnut shop called 911.