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What can a person caught smashing mail boxes get charged with?
Asked on Mar 14th, 2012 on Criminal Law - Colorado
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Someone was caught smashing multiple mail boxes. What sort of consequences would this person have? Is it a federal offense and what does that entail?
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It could be a federal offense, but unlikely unless the boxes were the blue ones owned by the feds likely this is criminal mischief, possibly misdemeanor.
Answered on Mar 19th, 2012 at 7:13 AM
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It depends on what you mean by mail boxes. If you mean the boxes that out in front of people's homes, that would probably be a criminal mischief charge, a misdemeanor offense in state County Court. If by mail boxes you mean the public boxes that mail is sent from, that is federal property and could be charged as a federal crime.
Answered on Mar 16th, 2012 at 5:04 PM