Six children from Ventnor are being blamed for vandalizing their town's library last weekend. The damage was so extensive that the library had to be shut down for two days.
"You gotta be sick to do this," Kelly Cannon, one of the workers, said Monday after seeing how badly the place had been trashed.
"Heartbreaking, said Cannon, who cried at the sight of it all. "How could people do this?"
The children range in age from nine to 13, police said. They got into the library through a window, smashed computers, damaged walls and threw books all over the place, according to investigators.
"You'd think that the community and the people would be more together at that time," said Ventnor Police Capt. Michael Miller on Monday.
The vandalism caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. Police say all six juveniles were charged with burglary, theft, criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit burglary.
