New Square – Vandals flooded the basement of 9 Eisenhower Avenue house bought at auction by a Manhattan company and might have tried to burn it down, Ramapo police said.
Police found that there was 5 to 6 feet of water in the basement when officers went to the house on a report of a pipe bursting.
Also did officers found burned matches near a basement gas valve, indicating that the vandals might have tried to set the house ablaze.
Investigators determined that the house was broken into through a rear door. No arrests have been made.
Sunday wasn’t the first vandalism at the house, which was bought in February by Galaxy Asset Corp.
Three families and two businesses were evicted in June.
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