Police are investigating after nearly 50 electric rental scooters were smashed to the ground in St. Paul last week, causing thousands of dollars of damage.

Officers responded to a 911 report on Thursday just before 8 a.m. about a man picking up 10 scooters and slamming them on the ground at Fifth and Sibley streets. The man wasn’t there when police arrived, said Steve Linders, a St. Paul police spokesman.

On Friday, a representative from Spin, a scooter company based in San Francisco, told police they found 10 of their scooters damaged Tuesday, another eight on Wednesday and 31 on Thursday in St. Paul’s downtown area. He reported it would be an estimated $1,225 to repair each one, according to Linders.

The scooters appeared to have been smashed to the ground, leaving them with bent handlebars, which caused damage in some cases to the frame and sensors, Linders said. There were also instances of brake lines being cut.

“Our on-the-ground operations team is aware of this, and we’re evaluating the extent of the fixes now,” a Spin spokesperson said in a Tuesday statement. “We look forward to getting the vehicles back on the roads soon — and will continue to train our operations team to remain vigilant of vandalism.”