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BURLINGTON, Ky. (WXIX) - Neighbors in the Brentwood subdivision say someone has been leaving nails in their driveways for the past year, costing families thousands of dollars in tire repairs. EN ESPAÑOL | Peligrosos clavos en la calle alarman a vecinos de NKY “The concern is, you know, you want good, reliable vehicles, you want your tires to be good if you’re driving down the highway. You don’t wanna get a blowout because you know someone’s targeting you,” a resident said. Problem started near subdivision entrance The issue began last year near the entrance of the Brentwood subdivision, according to resident Jarrod Chambers. “There were days where multiple neighbors, when they go on their walk, are checking the entryway, and we get nails at the entryway up to four times in the same day,” Chambers said. Chambers said the problem then spread from the entryway to neighbors’ driveways. “Then the tactics change, and now the nails are showing up in people’s driveways, so like at the bottom of the curb hidden against the road some of them will be painted black and he’ll put them in the black tar lines and try to hide them in there,” Chambers said. Nails painted black to blend into pavement Neighbors say the nails are often hidden or painted black to blend into the asphalt, making them hard to spot before driving over them. “People are starting to keep track of how much money they’ve had to spend on tires if you get a flat or too close to the edge the tire shop won’t fix it…so you’ve gotta replace it…that happen to us multiple times we’ve had it on our trucks our trailers my sons cars now my neighbor has two nails in her tires this morning we had a targeted attack where the nails were down my driveway,” Chambers said. Neighbors file police reports, plan camera monitoring Several neighbors have filed police reports, but their security cameras have not captured a clear view of the person responsible. Neighbors are now working together to monitor the area. “Have a Facebook page ours and a neighborhood that a man lives in and both neighborhoods believe it’s the same person we can’t prove it,” Chambers said. Neighbors are now planning to install trail cameras and keep track of the financial damage caused by the nails. “It’s a big thing. I mean, all of the neighbors know about it, um, it’s been really frustrating,” Chambers said. FOX19 NOW reached out to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office about the reports and is waiting to hear back. See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it. Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send it to us here with a brief description.