Police asking for help finding mailbox vandals
BUTLER TWP — Police are seeking an unknown shovel-wielding vandal who damaged several mailboxes early Sunday morning on the township's south side.
Two mailboxes each on Holland Drive in Dutchtown Village and on nearby Decatur Drive were targeted — apparently at random, said Butler Township police Lt. Matthew Pearson.
Police are reportedly reviewing surveillance video for clues. The available footage shows an unidentified four-door sedan pull up to the mailboxes shortly before 4 a.m.
The driver stops and someone gets out of the rear passenger seat of the car and smashes the mailboxes with a shovel.
Police said they recovered from Holland Drive a spade shovel with a long yellow handle that they believe was used in the vandalism spree.
One of the victims reported hearing “loud banging” outside and seeing a car in the distance driving away.
In taking the reports from the victims, officers did not see any other vandalism.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 724-285-9600, or call 911.
