Councilman’s vehicle vandalized
“I’m asking myself who I pissed off recently and wondering if it was just random.”
— Don Lebedynsky, Pottstown Borough Councilman
POTTSTOWN >> As a borough councilman, Don Lebedynsky knows crime is a constant issue.
But now he knows it as a victim as well.
He woke up Thursday morning to an unpleasant surprise — the windshield on his Jeep, parked in front of his Sixth Street home overnight, had been smashed.
“I did what you’re supposed to do. I called the police,” said Lebedynsky.
“The officer who came out agreed with me that it was probably a baseball bat, as there was no sign of a brick or anything like that,” he said.
Normally an early riser because of his shift at work, Lebedynsky said he was working later Thursday and did not come out until 6:15 a.m.
“I didn’t hear anything overnight, and the dogs didn’t even wake up,” he said.
Lebedynsky said he does not think it was a dispute over parking — not unheard of in Pottstown.
“No, I was parked in my usual spot, right in front of my house,” he said.
That leaves him wondering about motive and dealing with the secondary impacts of crime — second-guessing every day activities.
“I’m asking myself who I pissed off recently and wondering if it was just random. Frankly, as a gun owner, I’m asking myself if I need to get a permit to carry my weapon with me,” he said.
Ironically, those thoughts were expressed as a vigil for the victims of last weekend’s mass shootings in El Paso Texas and Dayton Ohio that Lebedynsky helped to organize was winding down Thursday evening.