Investigators seek suspects responsible for blowing up mailboxes in Carroll County #news #maryland

The vandals struck six times along Traceys Mill Road in Manchester awaking homeowners, like Joe DeStefano, in the process.

“I heard an explosion about 1:30 Saturday night,” DeStefano told us, “and then when I got up Sunday, had some coffee, and took a look out, that’s when I saw the box.”

A mailbox reduced to fragmented pieces by an explosion, and investigators say the unknown suspects destroyed three more in Westminster as well.

“It is a consumer-grade firework. However, they are illegal in Maryland,” said Master Deputy State Fire Marshal Oliver Alkire, “So they certainly illegally purchased those up in Pennsylvania, placed those devices inside the mailbox in hopes that they explode.”