A man was charged Thursday with vandalizing multiple Waymo robotaxis in San Francisco's South of Market area in recent weeks, following previous felony vandalism convictions, prosecutors said.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a press release that 45-year-old Walter Reed Quinn is charged with three counts of vandalism resulting in more than $400 damage and one count resulting in less than $400 damage.

According to the criminal complaint, Quinn has at least one prior vandalism conviction, and the crimes were committed while he was released on his own recognizance or on bail in other pending felony cases, including one that also involved damaging a Waymo vehicle.

The complaint alleges that on July 4, Quinn dove onto the hood of a Waymo vehicle on Howard Street between

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