EUCLID, Ohio — An 85-year-old man says his suburban Cleveland home has been pelted with eggs several times a week for a year, and police haven’t been able to solve the case despite stakeouts, questioning neighbors, installing a surveillance camera, and even testing shells as evidence.
The homeowner and police suspect they are launched five or six at a time from a block or two away, the Northeast Ohio Media Group reported.
Albert Clemens Sr. said whoever is responsible has ‘‘phenomenal’’ accuracy, often hitting the front door of the two-story home in Euclid that he and his late wife bought nearly six decades ago. The after-dark attacks sometimes sound like gunshots as eggs splatter on the aluminum siding, creating a residue that strips the paint, he said.
He used to clean up each time but quit because it happens so often. His insurer won’t settle a claim until police catch the vandal or vandals, so Clemens is waiting until then to make repairs. But he refuses to move from the home he shares with his adult daughter and son, on a corner less than a mile from the police station.
Officers haven’t determined a suspect or specific motive, though they have suspicions.
‘‘Somebody is deeply, deeply angry at somebody in that household for some reason,’’ Lieutenant Mitch Houser said.