Grinches Vandalize Dyker Lights, Steal Copper Wire
There’s no place like Dyker Heights for the holidays — something that unknown thieves and vandals have apparently discovered, to residents’ dismay.
According to Dyker Heights resident Renea Gargiulo, who heads the growing Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Facebook page, a number of local residents reached out in wake of the unexpected Nov. 15 snowstorm to say that their lights had been vandalized.
“Basically I was told that when it snowed that Thursday, there were a handful of homes that were affected by someone clipping their power cords for their lights,” she told this newspaper. “These people were stealing the copper that was inside of these heavy duty power cords.”