Dumping, theft persist at Amherstview, Ont. charity building – Kingston | 24CA News

An Amherstview charity group has been the topic of repeated acts of unlawful dumping and theft.

The Loyalist Community Sharing Centre has been a dumping floor for some individuals locally, who’re leaving their rubbish and different gadgets in entrance of the constructing.

“Our facility is very small,” says Guy Aubin, assistant co-ordinator on the centre.

“We’ve got signs outside that say no appliances, no mattresses, anything like that. That’s getting dumped all the time. It’s disgusting, and it’s a mess.”

Not solely has rubbish been dumped in entrance of the centre’s donation bins, however individuals have dumped rubbish inside them too.

Staff on the centre say they’ve discovered some loopy issues inside these bins through the years.

“We’ve had bags that had cat litter and feces in it,” says Ruth Windatt, treasurer for the LCSC.

“We’ve had one person drop off camping supplies, and in those supplies were guns.”

The Loyalist Community Sharing Centre is a hub in Amherstview that distributes meals to these in want freed from cost and operates a thrift retailer.

People can drop off used gadgets to be offered to these in want locally, however even the donation bins aren’t protected.

“Last week we had a break-in,” says Aubin.

“They came and cut the locks off, took all the clothing out of there, spread them all over the place. Just emptied them out and grabbed whatever they wanted to keep. Or just vandalism, just leaving it there.”

Even with newly put in safety cameras, the dumping and theft maintain occurring.

The centre says it filed a criticism with the OPP final week in hopes that they could be capable of do one thing to place a cease to the repeated dumping of junk.

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