Sentencing in the bizarre case will go down on September 6.
The long and winding road to justice included, according to Cleveland.com, “undercover stakeouts and neighborhood canvassing” by the Euclid police department and even the delivery of some of the eggshells in question to a crime lab.
A bright spot, in case you haven’t been following the story: a company painted the old man’s house for free after the egging’s basically destroyed the previous paintjob.
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(Updated 3/17/16): Last spring, we told you the sad tale of Albert Clemens Sr. (See full story below.) The man had lived in Euclid for just about his entire life in the same house he once shared with his wife. And then, in 2014, someone started egging that house. Over. And over. And over. More than 100 times in all.
What would possess someone to hurl breakfast at this kindly old gentleman’s house?
The answer to that question is still unanswered but Euclid police have the answer to another question: the alleged perpetrator.
Police arrested Jason Kozan, 30, on charges of vandalism in the case. Detectives investigated last year — seriously — and cracked the case (sorry for that one) after obtaining a search warrant for Kozan’s house. The biggest piece of circumstantial evidence so far? The eggings pretty much stopped after Kozan moved away from Clemens.
A grand jury will hear the case.
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(Original story, 3/9/2015): 85-year-old Albert Clemens Sr. has lived in his Euclid, OH home for over 60 years; it’s the property he and his late wife bought just after they married, and the house where he raised his family. “I would live and die in this house,” he told Cleveland.com recently.
There’s just one problem: someone’s been egging his home nearly every day for the last year.
Several times a week, Clemens and his live-in son and daughter find their front stoop pelted with eggs or other foodstuffs such as apples, oranges, or even canned goods, which have completely destroyed the aluminum siding and paint job. Clemens used to clean up the mess after each attack, but they’ve become so frequent he can’t keep up. His insurance company isn’t helping either: they won’t pay for repairs until there’s been an arrest made.
That’s not to say police aren’t looking for suspects; they are, but so far their canvasses have come up empty. Folks with any information on the egging are kindly asked to contact the Euclid Police Department at (216) 731-1234. A $1000 reward is also on the table.
This article appears in Mar 4-10, 2015.
people are assholes. im in euclid all the time i would happily camp out to catch these little jerks
I would be more than glad to help Mr. Clemens clean up his property. That is very heart wrenching.
I know what Clint Eastwood’s solution to this problem would be…
WTF!! Who does this? They need to be pounded onto the ground.
2 words, video camera.
That’s when you put up cameras and an ambush net
Anyone who would do such a thing, especially an elderly person, is capable of anything. I hope and pray the Euclid Police get the perpetrators. Disgusting!!
Yeah, I’m thinking that a basic video camera would do a world of good in finding the idiot doing this.
I cannot believe the audacity and lack of repect from some people these days! I am sorry this keeps happening to Mr. Clemens and his family. I own a local business, Pristine Edge Landscape & Property Maintenance that is based out of Parma, Ohio and would like to donate my current free time to help clean up his front yard and install surveillance cameras to help stop this mess. If it helps find the eggers, he can keep the $1,000 to offset the cost of the cameras and pay for all his wasted time spent cleaning up. Please give me a call at (440) 409-5904 if you would like this done before spring.
Someone start a fundme program to get this guy a top of the notch security camera system.
Can’t someone set up a camera and catch the person?
I’m currently in the works of setting up a gofundme campaign but waiting on permission from the city and Mr. Clemens. Anybody may contact me at etdezsi (at) gmail (dot) com to get an update on the fundraiser!
Seriously – with negative temperatures for the last six weeks, what kind of a twisted freak would waste their time outside egging ANYONE’s house? Put up cameras and put that nut in the psych ward when you find him because whoever it is clearly has mental problems and needs immediate treatment.
A windsock to catch an egg whole so that they could fingerprint it and videorecording from a couple of different angles catching an actual egg attack.. Anyone who passed high school physics should be able to plot a trajectory of origination of the eggs.
How is this happening every day and these guys getting away with it? Do the police fall asleep every night before this happens?
FINALLY! About damn time. I live in Euclid and hopefully the Clemens family will finally get some peace after all’s said and done.
The punk – at the very least – should be required by the court to pay for the exterior painting and new aluminum siding on the home, with the installation of new windows.
Despite the pathetic attempt at facial hair, wimpy little Jason still looks like a high-school pussy.
One more word: W H Y ?
Chuckles the Clown
And they still don’t know WHY this jerk did this???
Jason Kozan had 4 security cameras on his house at the time. Oh and the media lacks to mention jasons house was egged also during this… oh and euclid pd wasted over $100k on this…hope the fine residents of that city are happy with the police…. oh yeah clemens one son was arrested before for a handful of breaking and entering charges along with aggravated robbery…. if you dont believe look it up on cuyahogas own website…
Haha I think Jason’s dumb ass is here complaining ^^^^^^^
“31-year-old Jason Kozan, the man who terrorized an elderly neighbor by egging the man’s house more than 100 times, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of inducing panic…”
A fucking misdemeanor charge? For a HUNDRED eggings?
Jeezus… that;s really sickening. In fact, it makes me wanna omelet…
Chuckles the Clown
First off Chuckles the clown, your are a real
Tough guy hiding behind a keyboard talking straight non sense. You guys are all idiots. The Euclid PD and BCI had serviellence and under cover stake outs. Not once did they ever find anyone throwing any objects. Seems weird to me. Clemens were also racist and made racist hate crime threats. The vandalism got thrown out due to lack of evidence of the so called detective Coruso. He must not be a good detective considering this mans hosue was allegedly egged over 100 times. Seems odd no evidence on camera. Also, Lt Kevin Kelly did a stake out one night and when jason was outside he admitted he saw jason not throw anything and ruled
Him out as a suspect. It was in the paper that story. Before you make judgments knkw the facts. It’s ironic Euclid spent over 100,000 on this case but can’t afford to have working dashcams when it comes to shooting an unarmed person?