Tuesday, May 31st, 2016 — Four people are accused in Cass County District Court of destroying BMW and Mercedes Benz sedans in order to reap insurance checks in a case that holds a lesson or two for would-be scammers. Such as: If you’re going to punch holes and bang dents in your car, try to vary the pattern a bit. It was consistency, court papers say, that caught the attention of a Richland County sheriff’s deputy who investigated a pair of car vandalism cases in 2015. In both cases, drivers told authorities they got a flat tire on Interstate 29, and after leaving to get a spare tire they returned to find their vehicles had been damaged on every panel with puncture marks and dents.