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Abandoned Dover psych center target for scrap salvagers

Originally published: September 22, 2012 4:46 PM
Updated: September 22, 2012 4:59 PM
By NIK BONOPARTIS  nik.bonopartis@cablevision.com

The New York State Police headquarters for Troop

Photo credit: Angela Gaul | The New York State Police headquarters for Troop F on Thiells Mount Ivy Road in Pomona. (Feb. 15, 2012)

A long-abandoned psychiatric center on a sprawling campus in Dover has played host to amateur ghost sleuths and documentary film crews over the years -- but lately it's been like catnip to scrap metal foragers looking to make a quick buck, State Police at Dover Plains said.

Troopers have stopped several burglaries at the 300-acre campus over the past several weeks, possibly because they know...

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