WESTFIELD – A local business suffered a serious financial blow due to an act of vandalism over the weekend which will reportedly cost the company at least $100,000according to a report filed with police Monday.
A representative of John S. Lane and Son called police yesterday morning to report vandalism at the company’s Pochassic sand and gravel plant on Pochassic Road.
Officer David Burl responded and reports that the caller said that a pump house at the plant was entered over the weekend and the oil drain to the pump was broken off.
With the drain broken, the caller reports, the oil in the pump leaked out and, when the pump operated without oil, it seized up.
The pump will have to be replaced, the caller told Burl, and said that he expects the replacement cost to exceed $100,000.
A company spokesperson declined to comment on the event saying that he was not yet completely briefed on the vandalism incident.
