Police: Man urinates on books at downtown library
Posted: 07/15/2010
CINCINNATI - A man was arrested after he damaged some books by urinating on them Wednesday afternoon.
Police say Eldred Earl Cobb of Over-the-Rhine urinated on the books at the downtown Cincinnati library.
The books were reportedly worth $585.
Police say Cobb's method of vandalism was a result of drinking three beers.
Cobb was arraigned on charges of public indecency, criminal mischief and obstructing official business on Thursday.
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