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Article #2344Re: Mailboxes
From: Al Donaldson
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 00:00
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bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield) wrote: >Mailbox vandalism seems to have returned as a favorite passtime for some >of today's youth that aren't otherwise into street gangs. The local pasttime is driving down the country roads at night, smashing mailboxes with a baseball bat. I've considered putting up a dummy mailbox, first in line, filled with concrete. I'll never do it, though, because the legal/liability problems would outweigh any immediate gratification from seeing some pimpled little bastard dislocate his shoulder. On a more realistic level, I've considered trying to get a picture of the vandal's license plate. The idea is a camera/flash wired to a mercury switch/photo cell (wouldn't want it going off when the mail carrier opens the box..). Has anyone done anything like this? Maybe more important, if I get the evidence, will the authorities do anything? It is a federal crime, right? Al
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