Fuel Theft, Mailbox Damage Reported at Rural Marshall County Property

Police are looking for someone who allegedly stole about 150 gallons of gas and then set off an explosive device in a mailbox at a rural Marshall County property Sunday. Marshall County Police think it happened between midnight and 2:00 a.m. in the 5300 block of Hawthorn Road. Officers say the gas was stolen from an above-ground fuel tank.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department at 574-936-3187. Indiana State Police and the United States Postal Service Police Department assisted at the scene.