This past weekend our community experienced a senseless and unfortunate act of vandalism. After many years of planning and hard work, the Roe Jan Library proudly opened it's doors on a new building, only to have it scarred by someone firing 6 shots into the building causing in excess of $5,000 in damage.
While the physical damage can easily be repaired, the damage to our community cannot. This cowardly and senseless act was not only an assault on a building, but an assault on the community as a whole. A library is a focal point of any community and many people worked very hard to make this library something that the whole area can be proud of.
I join my fellow Supervisors, Art Baer and Art Bassin, in condemning this act. I have spoken with Undersheriff Sweet and am assured that the Sheriff's Department in vigorously investigating this incident. The person or persons responsible for this vandalism must be brought to justice and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
I urge anyone who has any information regarding this incident to contact the Columbia County Sheriff's Department at 518-828-3344.
Senseless acts like this one cannot,must not and will not be tolerated by our community.
Reginald J. Crowley
Copake Town Supervisor
My heart was broken when I heard about the gunshot wounds to the front of the new library building. Along with many other volunteers, I spent countless hours working to raise money for the library. The opening was a wonderful and gratifying event for the three communities the library serves.
ReplyDeleteI can not imagine a reason for shooting into the beautiful new building...
senseless violence is just that!