Spring...or Santa?

There's been a rash of mailboxes being bashed and knocked down in Wilkes county recently, with a frequency that almost matches the days of early to mid spring when deputies respond to sometimes a dozen or more within a week. It almost leads one to wonder if this year's reindeer training course didn't bring Santa's sleigh to the roads of Wilkes county. Then again, maybe not. Deputies do have a suspect in one case, who can pretty well count on getting a lump of coal this Christmas. They haven't released the name of the 20-year old, but when they were called Saturday by Keith Laws, he said he know who had stolen the mailbox and post, because the person had left a note saying they belonged to him. Later in the afternoon, the mailbox and post showed back up, not quite as much effort expended in them being thrown down a creek bank as had been used to pull the post from the ground in the first place.

Deputies may have to consult with the man who knows if you've been good or bad, though, to solve two other cases reported over the weekend. Carl Anderson, who lives on Liberty Grove Church Road, and Gloria Hawkins, who lives on Cart Path Road, both say someone bashed up their mailboxes. Anderson reported the damage Sunday afternoon, and Hawkins discovered her damage as she went out to get the mail Saturday. No rogue elf prints or sleigh tracks were found in either yard.