Family busts mailbox smashers

by Rob Peters | February 27, 2008 at 07:48 pm | 377 views | 1 comment

Smashing the same mailbox four times in a row is begging to be caught, isn't it?

HATLEY, Wis. - Call this family the mailbox vigilantes. Fed up that their mailbox was smashed four times in two weeks, Greg Fisher and his son set up a middle-of-the-night stakeout to catch the vandals — and it worked. Four teens were caught after a high speed chase.
"We only did this because we felt very violated and targeted by whoever was doing it," said Greg's wife, Kim Fisher.

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cineloh

at 23:47 on February 27th, 2008

good stuff:

In my town kids were known to do "trashcan bowling".. Throwing trashcans from moving cars into mailboxes. Yes it was destructive. However, the under lying story was why they were doing it. They were bored. Small towns that have nothing constructive for kids to do see this sort of behavior all the time. Personally, I know a group of now adults who used to door bell ditch the same house over and over again for no reason other than the fact that the reaction from the owner of the house was entertaining. I think cities that see this sort of behavior really need to focus on public parks, movie theaters, bowling alleys, skate parks, and other various outlets for children. Otherwise, kids make up their own games.