Protect Your Downspouts

Someone on the Lefferts list just reported that a thief is going around pulling off metal downspouts off of houses on Fenimore and loading them into a grocery cart, presumably to sell as scrap metal:

He tried [to steal our downspout] with no success and then proceeded to pull off the neighbor's.  My husband retrieved the piece from him  with some bickering -- he claimed it was in the garbage -- but it was clearly pulled off.

He has white hair, dark moustache, wearing a maroon/dark brown hoodie/sweatshirt and he is pushing a black granny cart.  He was on Flatbush heading in the direction of Rutland ... keep an eye open if you are home.  This happened at about 11:45.

Another neighbor who witnessed this said this has been happening in
the neighborhood recently.

Fortunately, the witnesses managed to take photos of the perpetrator.  If you see this guy around, please call 311 and report him to the 71st Police Precinct.