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Library Patrons' Argument Settled, Another Pellet Shooting

Officers are investigating a vandalism and a hit and run. Summer pellet shootings continue.

Possible BB-Shooting

A 57-year-old Pastors Walk man came to police headquarters on Monday to report a dime-sized dent on the rear-quarter-panel on the passenger side of his jeep. The damage may have been inflicted by a bb, according to police.

Police said he decided to report the vandalism because of several other incidents of pellet gun shootings in town this summer. He believes his jeep was shot sometime on Saturday night.

Reading is Fundamental

The director of Edith Wheeler Memorial Library, 733 Monroe Turnpike, told police that two men who came into the library were yelling at each other at around 11:35 a.m. on Monday.

Police spoke to the two library patrons, a 61-year-old Boot Shop Lane man and a 26-year-old Cross Hill Road man. The older man was angry at the younger one, because he had made an illegal left turn into the parking lot from Route 111, according to police.

The older one reportedly told him, "You're going to the library to read and you can't read the sign."

Police said drivers going north on Monroe Turnpike cannot turn left into the library parking lot, rather they must turn into the Monroe Town Hall parking lot then make a left toward the library. However, drivers heading south on Route 111 can make a right directly into the library lot.

After an officer spoke to the two library patrons, police said the men apologized to each other and were allowed to stay at the library.

Evading the Scene

The owner of a black Volkswagen Rabbit told police Friday that the driver of a white Ford pickup truck struck her car in the children's parking lot in back of Edith Wheeler Memorial Library at 9:17 p.m. and took off.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the police at 203-261-3622.

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Laura Tulley May 23, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Thank you everyone for your comments. Carl - will try not to be offended by your "anyone withRead More half a brain" comment. I am dismayed to hear Dawn that you have made this effort and been turned down by the town and police department (it's not uncommon for me to see the police speeding up and down Moose Hill Road too!) Glad to hear, though, that I am not alone in seeing a need for people to get a grip on the road. Slow down. Hang up. Comply with stop signs and stop lights. Be courteous.
Laura May 23, 2013 at 11:17 am
I have been tail-gated so many times - everywhere in Monroe - I drive a little over the posted speedRead More limit BUT I respect the people walking (most of the time in the wrong direction) and bike riders (they too ride in the wrong direction. HANG UP THE PHONE - DON'T PIGGY BACK thru a stop sign, and learn the right of way rule. AND STOP SIGNS mean S T O P!!! Robin lane people are good for running stop signs. And Pepper Street is 25 mph - NOT 45 or 50!!! Walkers & runners FACE TRAFFIC - Bike riders RIDE WITH TRAFFIC. AND one more thing - don't block the drive ways if there is a stop light - and someone coming in or out - let them and move on. THANKS for letting me get this off my chest!!!!!
Dawn May 22, 2013 at 10:28 am
Good luck Laura, My husband and I tried to get some on Purdy Hill Road from Rt.111 to Rt.25. theyRead More said they can't do it. I have asked numerous times to have a police officer sit in Farmview or use our driveway, said it's too dangerous, go figure. Tired of drivers around town having no respect for other drivers and people walking on side of road. It gets to the point that I don't even want to leave my house. Get a clue people slow down, stay off phones, it's not hard.
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