EUCLID, Ohio (AP) – An 85-year-old man says his suburban Cleveland home has been pelted with eggs several times a week for a year, and police haven’t been able to crack the unusual case despite stakeouts, questioning neighbors, installing a surveillance camera and even testing eggshells as evidence.
The homeowner and Euclid police suspect the eggs are launched a block or two away, the Northeast Ohio Media Group reported.
Albert Clemens Sr. said whoever is responsible has “phenomenal” accuracy, launching five or six at a time and often hitting the front door of the green, two-story home that he and his late wife bought nearly six decades ago. The after-dark attacks sometimes sound like gunshots as eggs splatter on the aluminum siding, creating a residue that strips the paint, he said.
He used to clean up each time but quit because it happens so often. His insurer won’t settle a claim until police catch the vandal or vandals, so Clemens is waiting until then to make repairs.
But he refuses to move from the home he shares with his adult daughter and son, on a corner less than a mile from the police station.