Brian Flowers of ABC Auto Glass in Martell examines a large crack in the windshield of a car that was targeted by vandals in Plymouth. Photo by: Jack Mitchell

Ginger Seman knew something was probably wrong when a sheriff's deputy came knocking at her door at 8:30 in the morning.

The day was April 10, and Good Friday was about to turn out to be not so good. Seman, who was just waking up, greeted the deputy and had a brief conversation that she'll never forget.

"He asked me if my windshield had been smashed before I went to bed the previous night," Seman recalled. "When I answered 'no,' he said, 'then I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but it is now.'"

Seman was one of three residents on Empire Street in Plymouth who'd been targeted in a vandalism mini-spree that left several car windshields destroyed.

"This occurred sometime late on the evening of April 9, or very early morning on April 10," said Amador County Undersheriff Jim Wegner. "It appears to be caused by blunt force striking the windshield, not an air rifle."

Last December, three individuals were arrested in a separate case for shooting out more than 40 vehicle windows with BB guns in a two-day spree throughout the county. That spree resulted in two young males and a juvenile female being charged with numerous counts of felony vandalism.

In the new Empire Street cases - which authorities have not indicated are related to the crimes committed in December - the weapon appears to be a piece of wood or baseball bat.

According to Seman, at least one of the other victims on Empire Street also had the hood of a car dented with a rock, which was located nearby and had paint chips on it. The damage to Seman's vehicle is estimated at more than $500, making it a felony charge against those responsible. Seman believes her house was scoped out by the vandals because it's the first residence on Empire Street coming from the highway.

"I feel violated - I'm so angry," she said. "I've lived here my whole life and, when I was a teenager, we never did things like this, even when we were being a little mischievous."

Because Seman's fellow victims got their vehicles in for repair ahead of her at ABC Glass in Martell, her own windshield remains cracked.

"I'm still here with a broken windshield," she said Wednesday afternoon. "And a broken heart."

Anyone with information can call the Amador County Sheriff's Office at 223-6500.