Teens who twice ransacked a Masterton firm in overnight raids have been pilloried on social media and blamed for a spate of crimes in the town.
The Lott Rentals co-owner Ross Gregory said the teens had broken into the yard of his Dixon St business about 1.30am on Friday and were captured on security cameras sneaking about the premises, testing doors and peering into cars and caravans.
Mr Gregory said the teens had entered the premises through a hole in an almost 2m-tall fence surrounding the property.
"One part of it, there was about seven people wandering around here the first time they broke in. They took a small TV and I think at least a couple of them slept in one of the caravans as well, and were still here when I arrived to unlock in the morning."
Mr Gregory said he had not viewed the camera footage when he opened on Friday. He had, during his morning round, bypassed a large caravan that had its door locked, before returning to find the door wide open, the bed inside rumpled and unmade, and the interior reeking of cigarette smoke.