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PM Martin

(2,660 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2014, 03:08 PM Oct 2014

Someone hit my mailbox with their car and drove off. [View all]

My question: If a person damaged your property with their car and drives off and a witness did see it,
if the witness reported to the police, do the police go see the person who
is accused or wait for them to come forward?

I was not home. My neighbor saw the car and has some of the license. We went to the police and have gotten no response yet.

Thank you for anyone who can help.

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Someone hit my mailbox with their car and drove off. [View all] PM Martin Oct 2014 OP

It varies by dept. NutmegYankee Oct 2014 #1

I'm only guessing but it's probably not high on their list of priorities Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #2

nope Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #22

Call your postmaster. Brickbat Oct 2014 #3

I don't know how true it is, but Gman Oct 2014 #4

It isn't your property. whistler162 Oct 2014 #5

I have a mail slot in my front door pintobean Oct 2014 #12

Nope just the slot. whistler162 Oct 2014 #14

Door slots are not considered mail boxes. former9thward Oct 2014 #21

Financially, it is my responsibility though. PM Martin Oct 2014 #19

Untrue. former9thward Oct 2014 #20

When we lived in Pennsyvania, yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #6

We have had that happen several times over the years newfie11 Oct 2014 #7

That happens to us once a year. Cleita Oct 2014 #8

Our box seems to be a magnet so I can empathize! MissB Oct 2014 #9

Don't know about the police... Dale Neiburg Oct 2014 #10

Can I admit here that on one snowy night, I drove the car around a curve on an unfamiliar road hedgehog Oct 2014 #11

Go and sin no more, my child. Or...hedgehog or...whatever. randome Oct 2014 #16

LOL. n/t JimDandy Oct 2014 #26

There was a spate of mailbox vandalism in my rural area procon Oct 2014 #13

Give the perp a break. randome Oct 2014 #15

When I owned a rural farm. Baseball bats were the norm. TheBlackAdder Oct 2014 #17

Our mailboxes get hit about once a year too. Archae Oct 2014 #18

they probably damaged thier car Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 #23

That I think would depend on the amount of people and crime in the area. logosoco Oct 2014 #24

When I was a kid Jenoch Oct 2014 #25