Robert Frost Summer Home Vandalized

Posted on January 14, 2008

Robert Frost, the famous New England poet, had a summer home in Vermont, which has been maintained since his death and is open to visitors in the summer. But the home was badly vandalized by underage drinkers last weekend.

Homer Noble Farm, a historic landmark in Ripton, Vt., was ransacked Friday night during what police say was a party attended by up to 50 young people. No arrests have been made, but police said Monday that they have tracked down some of the partygoers and believe they are minors. Police Sgt. Lee Hodsden says the intruders broke a window to get into the two-storey wood frame building - a furnished residence open to tourists in the summer.
Once inside, they destroyed tables, pictures, windows, light fixtures and dishes. Wicker furniture and dressers were smashed and thrown into a fireplace and burned, apparently to provide heat. Empty beer bottles and cans, plastic cups and cellophane, apparently used to hold marijuana, were also found. Hodsden said the vandals vomited in the living room and discharged two fire extinguishers inside the building, located on a dead-end road.

The caretaker had left on Friday and a hiker discovered the damage. What a bunch of losers! We hope the Vermont police track them down and throw the book at them. It sounds like there will be plenty of DNA evidence at the crime scene.