Ever since I had my mailbox hit and destroyed, everyone is asking where I got a new one from. Apparently there is now a rash of destruction happening in out little village and it’s getting pretty bad. It started out with just an accident with my yard rocks and mailbox, then it escalated to unruly kids, that are actually juvenile delinquents who are now using BB guns, big M-80 “fire crackers” and even bottle bombs to do property destruction around here.
On the main highway that goes through town, there are houses that line each side of it. Behind the houses on another street is a sort of apartment complex. It has a actual row of residential mailboxes, for each household that are across the street from the complex. The kids that are causing all the destruction in the village are making a game out of seeing if they can knock off each box with ball bats. The police seem not to be able to catch who is doing this. It takes them forever to come out on a call also. I don’t really feel safe here anymore.
So far the mail boxes on my street/road (since it turns into a dirt road right before our house, are safe for now, since we have everyone aware and watching. Most of the neighbors have security lights and some even have security cameras hooked up now. I really hope the catch who is doing this. It’s scary to think even more destructive things could happen here. juvenile