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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monroe County, PA) A Monroe County man is accused of vandalizing several pickleball courts after suffering an injury that police said “ruined” his summer. 

Saif Kaleem of Tannersville is charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and trespassing in connection with vandalism at TLC and Mountain View parks, according to a news release from the Pocono Township Police Department. 

Authorities said Kaleem was captured on video cutting a net at TLC Park on May 12 before leaving in a white Hyundai Tucson. 

Police said the same vehicle was seen entering Mountain View Park after closing hours on May 14. Investigators said Kaleem got out of the SUV and walked to the pickleball courts. A still image from the surveillance footage showed him using crutches. 

“Pocono Township community members informed the PTPD that the pictured male had been seen at TLC Park on multiple occasions prior to the incident,” the department said in its release. 

According to police, Kaleem matched the description of the person seen in the video, and investigators later interviewed him at his home. 

Police said Kaleem admitted he recently suffered a pickleball injury at Mountain View Park, though authorities did not release details about the injury. 

Investigators said the 31-year-old confessed to cutting one pickleball net at TLC Park, three pickleball nets at Mountain View Park and a tennis court net at Mountain View Park because his “summer [was] ruined.”