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Scene from 'Stand by Me' reenacted in Bellingham
Posted by John de Leon
Remember that scene from the 1986 film "Stand by Me" when Kiefer Sutherland's character and some knucklehead friends drive around destroyng mailboxes with a baseball bat? Police in Bellingham say someone may doing the same thing.
According to The Bellingham Herald, someone used a bat or a stick to smash mailboxes and car windshields and windows between 2 and 3 a.m. Monday. The damage was done from a moving vehicle, which means there was a driver and at least one passenger, police said.
Damage may run into the thousands, making the crime a felony.
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