Garrison library victim of copper thief
Seven of the copper downspouts on the back of the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison disappeared overnight on Oct. 20, according to the library and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, which said it is investigating.
The thief or thieves also climbed on the roof to steal a copper diverter, according to Director Dede Farabaugh, who said a detective ran prints on a pair of rubber-handled shears found on the ground and visited a nearby scrapyard without results.
“We don’t have cameras outside, but we will be getting them,” she said. “We replaced the downspouts with brown aluminum ones because of cost and to ensure they don’t get stolen again.”
In a similar incident, the copper leaders on a home on Indian Brook Road in Philipstown were reported stolen on Sept. 5, along with other items from inside the house.
