Staff Report
Two women were charged
with misdemeanors Friday night
in connection with the vandalism
of about 10 planters on Main
Street last week.
At some point between 2:30
a.m. and 3 a.m. July 3, plants
were ripped out of the vessels
along the north side of the
street.
Megan Lottridge, 19, of Edmeston,
and Heather Wust, 23,
of Edmeston, were each charged
with fourth-degree criminal
mischief and are scheduled to
appear July 30 in Oneonta City
Court.
Alcohol use may have been a
factor, Police Chief Joseph Redmond
said Tuesday.
The women were seen by police
in the vicinity of the planters
at about the time the vandalism
occurred, and a subsequent
investigation led to their arrests,
Redmond said.
The damage to the planters
on Main Street has been repaired
through the help of donations
from Mount Vision Garden
Center and Home Depot, Mayor
John Nader said Tuesday.
Nader said Main Street
Oneonta organizer Nancy Scanlon,
city employee Jim Eggler
and the Oneonta Federated Garden
Club were among those involved
in replacing the plants.
