CLERMONT, Fla. (WSVN) — Authorities in Lake County are searching for the person who, they said, nearly destroyed a home and a vehicle and left an angry, profanity-laced message written on the side of demolished building.

Detectives with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vandalism call near Pine Island and Montevista roads in Clermont, at around 7 a.m. on Friday.

They believe someone used heavy equipment, possibly an excavator, to damage the property and an SUV that was parked nearby.

The house was left with several large holes along each side of the structure, with debris scattered all over in the aftermath.

On another side, a message was written, including a person’s name and the words: “You [expletive] with the wrong girl.”

“It is heartbreaking to see a residence be va

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