Crime & Safety

Mailboxes Destroyed By Fireworks In Palos Hills

A resident's Ring camera captured a car driving up to a mailbox and putting a firecracker in it, police reports said.

A resident's Ring camera captured a car driving up to a mailbox and putting a firecracker in it, police reports said.
A resident's Ring camera captured a car driving up to a mailbox and putting a firecracker in it, police reports said. (Scott Anderson/Patch)

PALOS HILLS, IL — Several mailboxes were destroyed July 10 in Palos Hills, reports said.

A resident in the 10400 block of 75th Court noticed their mailbox missing. Several other mailboxes on the block had also been destroyed.

The neighbor told the resident that they checked their Ring camera. The video showed a vehicle pulling up to their mailbox and placing a firecracker in it. The vehicle’s occupants proceeded to detonate the explosive.

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Palos Hills police are investigating.

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