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Show New UPS Drop Box Vandalized PANGUITCH Panguitch City Police Chief Martin Nay reported re-ported that numerous citizen complaints com-plaints Tuesday evening, were instrumental in-strumental in identifying four local juveniles who vandalized the new UPS overnight delivery box on Main street in Panguitch. Around 7 p.m. May 7 one male and three female juveniles were seen milling around the area of the Security Title and subsequently damage to the postal box and a '94 vechile were reported. According to Nay, the youths had pulled out a number of mailing envelopes damaging dam-aging some, stuffing others down into the box unused and sticking one to the side door of a vehicle. They also poured soda down the box and generally trashed the area. The owner of the vehicle was both "aggravated and inconvenienced" inconve-nienced" said Nay and had to seek professional help to remove the adhesive ad-hesive on his car without damaging the paint job. Nay was able to contact con-tact the UPS central office in Texas and local UPS drivers tended to the . box and packages intended for mailing. Nay reported that some parents of the juveniles had been in contact with him and were actively helping (See New UPS Drop W v S.!i"g ized On Page 3A) Drop Box Vandals From Page 1 their teens take reponsibility for the vandalism. He said some referrals may possibly be made to juvenile court but he was also seeking some alternative "community service" type work the youth could perform to atone for the incident. The young people involved ranged in age from 11 to 13. Nay commanded local persons for their quick action in reporting the apparent vandalism and reminded re-minded local youth that the new UPS box is a privilege that could easily be taken away if the community commu-nity doesn't treat it with respect. He encouraged more community involvement with respect to the Neighborhood Watch program. |
