Another school vending machine has once again been vandalized by a man who has been targeting the snack machines since December.

On Monday, a vending machine at Hart High School was the most recent vending machine to have been vandalized, said Lisa Burke, the owner of Santa Clarita Concessions, who provides the snack machines to schools in the Santa Clarita Valley.

“Last night at Hart High School they broke into what we call the bill validator where the cash is collected,” Burke said.

Since December, Santa Clarita Concessions has fallen victim to several vandalism cases where a man with a pickaxe has damaged multiple vending machines on different school campuses to gain cash. Since then, all the vending machines on school grounds have begun to convert to only accept credit cards in attempts to deter people from stealing cash. 

Burke says the incident at Hart High School was the first time the man has struck since mid February.  

Due to Santa Clarita Concessions still waiting for their insurance payment from earlier this year, some of the vending machines that were the first to be hit that were unrepairable have yet to be restored. 

Since Burke’s Parents started Santa Clarita Concessions back in 1955 — making them the fourth oldest business in Santa Clarita — they have been very active in supporting local non-profits and giving back to the schools.

“At the junior high and high schools that we service in Santa Clarita they have our vending machines,” Burke said in a previous KHTS article. “The vandalism does not only affect us, but the schools ASB, because we give back to the schools. If we don’t have business they’re not getting money from us.”

Anyone with information on who the suspect may be, is encouraged to contact the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at 661-260-4000.

KHTS FM 98.1 and AM 1220 is Santa Clarita’s only local radio station. KHTS mixes in a combination of news, traffic, sports, and features along with your favorite adult contemporary hits. Santa Clarita news and features are delivered throughout the day over our airwaves, on our website and through a variety of social media platforms. Our KHTS national award-winning daily news briefs are now read daily by 34,000+ residents. A vibrant member of the Santa Clarita community, the KHTS broadcast signal reaches all of the Santa Clarita Valley and parts of the high desert communities located in the Antelope Valley. The station streams its talk shows over the web, reaching a potentially worldwide audience. Follow @KHTSRadio on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.