Police Investigating After Fireworks Used To Destroy Mailbox In Huntersville
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Fireworks are used to blow up a woman’s mailbox in Huntersville.
She tells WCCB Charlotte she believes it was a targeted act.
Kimberly Fullenwider showed us all that’s left of her mailbox after it was blown up late Monday.
It happened around 11:30 at night outside her home on Cadgwith Cove Drive in Huntersville.
She says police told her it appears somebody lit a high-powered firework inside the mailbox.
She says it frightened her kids and believes she or the kids were targeted.
ย “They’re worried, they’re scared. They heard the noise last night, thought it was a gunshot, frightened them quite a bit,” Fullenwider says.
USPS says mailbox vandalism is considered a federal offense.
Violators can be fined up to $250,000 or face up to three years of jail time.
