A Donora man and Johnstown woman are accused by police of damaging or removing 67 parking meters in Monessen, according to court papers.

Randy Wayne Kimmel Jr., 30, and Samantha Lashay Walters, 27, caused $13,400 in damage, police said. They face 134 charges of conspiracy and criminal mischief in connection with the Nov. 17 incidents.

Surveillance video footage showed a man approach the downtown parking meters with an object in his hand while a female stood as lookout, Monessen police said. There were 61 parking meters damaged when the locks were removed to take coins, according to court papers. Six meter heads were missing.

Police talked to Kimmel and Walters in mid-December when they were seen walking around town. Walters was wearing boots that appeared to match those the female was wearing in the surveillance video, police said.

Investigators caught up with Kimmel again on Dec. 23 and confiscated five flat-head screw drivers, vice grips and $39.50 in quarters, among other items, from his backpack, according to court papers.

In a vehicle he was using that was parked in Charleroi, investigators said they found more screwdrivers and tools, a set of hand-held, two-way radios and two metal internal locks. Police said the locks matched ones inside Monessen’s parking meters.

When Kimmel was asked about the quarters, “he stated that he took them from his piggy bank,” according to court papers.

Kimmel and Walters were identified as the people in the surveillance video, police said. Authorities in neighboring communities are investigating similar incidents involving parking meters, according to Monessen police.

Neither Kimmel nor Walters had an attorney listed in online court records. Phone numbers for them could not be located.

Charges were sent by summons. Preliminary hearings are set for March 6.

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