Four arrested in mailbox vandalism

ST. FRANCISVILLE — West Feliciana Parish sheriff’s deputies arrested four men accused of vandalizing at least 42 rural mailboxes, Sheriff J. Austin Daniel said.

The mailboxes were destroyed late Sunday and early Monday on Sage Hill, Jones-Vaughn Creek and Joe Daniel roads, Audubon Lane and La. 965, Daniel said.

Deputies caught the four when a woman called the Sheriff’s Office to report that someone was beating on her mailbox early Monday, Daniel said.

Matthew Morgan, 18, 12372 Starhill Trace; Alex Funderburg, 19, 11976 Indigo Lane; and Ty Gilleon, 18, 4193 Richmond St., all of St. Francisville, and Chance Edgens, 19, 23045 Elberta Lane, Zachary, face multiple felony counts of criminal damage to property, Daniel said.

They also were booked with illegal possession of alcohol by a person under the age of 21, Daniel said.

The sheriff said the four also told investigators they were involved in a rash of mailbox vandalism in the parish about two weeks ago.

Comments

1) Comment by nimby? - 01/08/2012

CountryBoysCanSurvive , reckon any of those 'boys' are smart enough to operate a post hole digger , the manual kind ?

2) Comment by ABayouBoy - 01/08/2012

Legally of age, but possessing a juvenile mentality.

3) Comment by CountryBoysCanSurvive - 01/08/2012

Not only should these punks be sent to "real man's" jail they should be required to buy the new mailboxes and go out and replace them in the noon day sun.

4) Comment by 8point6 - 30/07/2012

"The sheriff said the four also told investigators they were involved in a rash of mailbox vandalism in the parish about two weeks ago." Their parents must be so proud....albeit they are all adults.