Joy L. Cassidy, Library Condiment Vandal, BUSTED Dumping Mayo In Book Drop

BOISE, Idaho — Police in Idaho think they might have solved a yearlong condiment crime spree.

Authorities say a 74-year-old Boise woman arrested after pouring mayonnaise in the Ada County library's book drop box is a person of interest in at least 10 other condiment-related crimes.

Joy L. Cassidy was picked up Sunday at the library, moments after police say she pulled through the outside drive-through and dumped a jar of mayo in the box designated for reading materials.

Cassidy was released from jail and faces a misdemeanor charge of malicious injury to property.

Boise police say Cassidy is under investigation for other cases of vandalism that started in May 2009. Library employees have reported finding books in the drop box covered in corn syrup and ketchup.

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Police in Idaho think they might have solved a yearlong condiment crime spree.

Authorities a 74-year-old Boise woman arrested after pouring mayonnaise in the Ada County library's book drop box is a person of interest in at least 10 other condiment-related crimes.

Joy L. Cassidy was picked up Sunday at the library, moments after police say she pulled through the outside drive-through and dumped a jar of mayo in the box designated for reading materials.

Cassidy was released from jail and faces a misdemeanor charge of malicious injury to property.

Boise police say Cassidy is under investigation for other cases of vandalism that started in May 2009. Library employees have reported finding books in the drop box covered in corn syrup and ketchup.

Comments

[DSevere]

04:54 PM on 06/25/2010

Man, look at that face, does that say, "don't f with me, I have issues" or what?

But I actually agree with rh654, it's really creepy to destroy library materials like this. I hope they put her in jail for a couple of months.

[rh654]

07:49 PM on 06/21/2010

WTF?!? Seriously. Libraries are seeing their funding cut for materials, etc... and this woman is vandalizing and costing these libraries money to clean up, replace any damaged materials and potentially equipment?

If she can't pay for the damages, I would like to see them be able to garnish her Social Security checks for damages.

[Core-Sample]

04:24 PM on 06/21/2010

Is that the lady from the Goonies?

[SirCoolBreeze]

06:40 AM on 06/21/2010

I feel safe now. Way to go multi-billion$ criminal justice system. Same as I feels safe when you spend money on marijuana busts and prostitution stings.

[LMPE]

01:04 AM on 06/21/2010

dumping mayo in the book drop

that's got to be one of the most disgusting things imaginable

[BluesDogLefty]

10:48 PM on 06/19/2010

I like books. A lot. So I hope they throw the book at this deranged sad person.

(Okay--seriously----revoke her borrowing privileges and assign her to mandatory psych therapy)

[tjconkster]

11:04 AM on 06/19/2010

Wow, that library fine must have really pi$$ed her off...

[nomoredead]

12:37 AM on 06/19/2010

She must-ard thought she could get away with it until the law finally did ketchup with her.

[RasputinsLiver]

12:03 PM on 06/19/2010

Har!

[BluesDogLefty]

10:49 PM on 06/19/2010

nicely played

But by the look on her face, she committed these crimes with relish.

[Nemodog]

09:16 PM on 06/21/2010

Well she's in a real pickle now!

[Samuel Perry]

03:13 PM on 06/18/2010

looks kind of like a vindictive ol lady with a mean passive aggressive streak.

[Hokeysmokes]

08:59 PM on 06/17/2010

"You got ketchup on my Dostoevsky!" - "You got Dostoevsky on my ketchup!"...
"HEY! IT'S DELICIOUS!"

[dsdem]

03:46 AM on 06/17/2010

HP - you need to create a new tag at the top of the webpage and file stories like this under the new heading: Bizarre.

[Brian Bober]

04:00 PM on 06/16/2010

I refuse to eat Mayo, this confirms my conviction. Brian Bober in Akron Ohio

[Chaling]

12:32 PM on 06/16/2010

From a book lover, this woman should get life in prison! On a more serious note, she obviously has MAJOR issues....

[JumpySnark]

10:31 AM on 06/16/2010

Mom! You said we were OUT of mayo...

[theredqueen]

10:07 AM on 06/16/2010

If I had to clean up that mess there'd be more than mayonnaise all over those books. I hate mayo. Poor librarians having to deal with this nut-cake and her attacks.