Crime & Safety

More Mailboxes Vandalized in Holmdel

This time on Huntley and Devon.

The mailbox-smashing spree continues.

In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 22, police on patrol noticed that three mailboxes on Huntley Road, and one on Devon Court had been vandalized. 

The value of the ruined mailboxes ranges from $100 to $300. One of them was a mailbox crafted in the shape of a swan.

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The criminal mischief follows an earlier rash of mailbox bashing on June 26 on Bryce Road, Winthrop Drive and South Park Court, streets are all located off Crawfords Corner Road in the southern end of the township

Police said those mailboxes were reportedly struck with an object like a baseball bat sometime between midnight and 1 a.m.

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Police are investigating the offenses as criminal mischief. 


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