{"id":27150,"date":"2025-09-17T05:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/27150\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T05:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:18:08","slug":"fairport-harbor-free-little-library-books-torn-apart-scattered-down-beach-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/27150\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairport Harbor free little library books torn apart, scattered down beach path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Pages from books in a free little library were ripped out and thrown across a beach access ramp, Fairport Harbor police confirmed, and officers need help finding the vandal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Fairport Harbor free little library books torn apart, scattered down beach path\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/QZWTDNQT6ZBSTECEL3JZ37N6NI.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1301\" \/>Fairport Harbor free little library books torn apart, scattered down beach path(Fairport Harbor Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Fairport Harbor Police Department said the community book box at the end of Vine Street near the beach was vandalized sometime between 9 a.m. and noon on Sept. 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The vandalism was reported soon in the afternoon, according to FHPD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The pages of numerous books were torn out and scattered down the beach access ramp, FHPD said, and some of the damaged books were stuffed back into the little library.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Fairport Harbor free little library books torn apart, scattered down beach path\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JEENNM6FHRANVDHJPXNT6KDM34.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1301\" \/>Fairport Harbor free little library books torn apart, scattered down beach path(Fairport Harbor Police Department)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThis book box is cared for by Friends of the Library, a volunteer group that works hard to bring something positive to our village,\u201d FHPD stated. \u201cActs like this not only damage property but also take away from a resource meant for everyone to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Call FHPD at 440-354-3434 if you say anything unusual in the area on Tuesday morning, or know who the vandal may be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cLet\u2019s work together to keep our community spaces safe and respected,\u201d FHPD urged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 WOIO. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio (WOIO) &#8211; Pages from books in a free little library were ripped out and thrown&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[7972,489,26993,156,26991,26992,111,139,69,26996,26994,26995],"class_list":{"0":"post-27150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-beach","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-community-book-box","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-fairport-harbor","13":"tag-free-little-library","14":"tag-new-zealand","15":"tag-newzealand","16":"tag-nz","17":"tag-pages-torn-out","18":"tag-vandal","19":"tag-vandalism"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}