The mayor’s office has identified the person responsible for the looting of flower pots on the Rui Eduardo Villeke bridge in the center of Blumenau, revealed in a column over the weekend. According to Mayor Mario Hildebrandt himself, the author of the vandalism is a man “addicted to alcohol and drugs, in addition to serious problems with schizophrenia.”

Surveillance footage showed a man allegedly destroying flower pots on a bridge in Blumenau. Photo: Rodrigo Vieira/ND

Surveillance cameras in the city of Blumenau do not record the act of robbery. The man appears walking after passing the bridge.

The mayor once again urged the population not to distribute alms to people who live on the streets.

“With addiction, this person does not take medication, does not accept help from the social approach team, and lives on the street on the handouts that he receives. And so, in addition to the outrage over what happened, the discussion of the refusal of alms, which I always emphasize, ”he said.

Hildebrandt emphasizes that charity does not bring any help to the one who receives it.

“In the case of this man, for example, he is kept in this sad state, the money goes to the use of drugs and alcohol, and one of the sad results that we see is what we see in the case of the theft of public property,” he lamented.

The mayor asks the population to call 156, option 2, and in case of a request for alms, call a social approach group.

Security camera footage shows man allegedly destroying flower pots on bridge in Blumenau – Video: Disclosure/Blumenau City Hall/ND