By Jean Kenny jean.kenny@westprince.com Broken beer bottles, beer cans, overturned garbage carts, burned cardboard, and black tire marks welcomed parishioners as they entered St Peter’s Anglican Church on Main Street, Alberton, Sunday morning. “It was disgusting,” said Church Warden Jan Cox. “We were just shocked to see the state of Main Street when we arrived in town around 9 am. There was burned cardboard and a black cart on the sidewalk that smelled of smoke. Remnants of a tire littered the street and there was broken beer bottles and beer cans. We were horrified.” In addition to the broken debris and glass on the sidewalks and street, black tire marks covered the pavement and a small portion of a brick wall beside the Alberton CIBC had been broken down. “Around noon time the mess had still not been cleaned up and tourists walking along Main Street must have wondered what had gone on,” noted Ms Cox. Bonnie Murphy, president of the Alberton Business Association and the owner of a Main Street business said she is disappointed to see the destruction that is being done. “I was devastated when they broke the tree in front of my shop two weeks ago,” said Ms Murphy. “We have worked so hard to beautify the town of Alberton. Why would anyone want to break down a tree?” Sgt Jamie George of the West Prince RCMP detachment said members had been kept busy all weekend with complaints coming in from several West Prince communities. He said Saturday night officers answered three complaints in Alberton, as well as three in O’Leary and one in Tignish. In addition to answering the specific calls he said they were in Alberton a lot during the night but had to cover other areas where they were needed. So far no charges have been laid. Sgt George said a vehicle that was unoccupied on Main Street had been towed away in response to one of the complaints police received from Alberton, Saturday night. An investigation into the complaint continues. He said police have been busy trying to prevent such activity as much as possible and are trying to manage with the resources they have the best they can, but it is hard to prevent groups from gathering. “The police depend on the community to help us to enforce the law as well,” he said. “We receive a lot of anonymous calls but unless you are Johnny-on-the-spot, you can’t lay charges. We need to have witnesses who will come forward and testify to who and what they have seen. “We can respond to anonymous calls, but without evidence we cannot lay charges unless we catch someone in the act. I would really encourage people to come forward and tell us what they know.” Mayor Perry Morrell could not be reached for comment Monday, but residents who had complained to the Mayor, Sunday said he was hoping to organize a special meeting to deal with the problem.