SPRINGFIELD — A man who slashed Mayor Domenic J. Sarno’s tires outside City Hall in 2024 had criminal charges against him dismissed in Springfield District Court.
Steven Kostorizos was caught on surveillance video cutting all four of the mayor’s tires and throwing a rock through a window in the building.
According to Sarno’s former chief-of-staff, Thomas Ashe, Kostorizos had previously barged into the mayor’s office, demanding to see the mayor, but was rebuffed.
“He requested, not in a nice way, to talk to the mayor,” Ashe said at the time. “He didn’t have an appointment, and he didn’t say what he wanted, so he was turned away.”
Kostorizos, 55, was charged with malicious damage to a motor vehicle, destruction of property and unarmed robbery. He was seen pacing around the car with a knife in his hand before the vandalism was captured on video.
He was deemed incompetent to stand trial and the charges were dismissed.
