(La Porte County, IN) - La Porte County Police responded to a home where a mailbox was destroyed by fireworks shortly after the Fourth of July.

It was about 12:30 a.m. on July 5 when a call was placed to 911 from the 4100 block of West Spring Haven Drive.  Police said one of the residents had just went to bed when he heard two large “booms.”  He looked outside and saw what appeared to be a firework detonating near his mailbox.

His wife and son ran out and tried stopping a Dodge Dart speeding past their residence with two or three occupants possibly in the vehicle, police said. 

Investigators were also told by family members their mailbox was damaged the previous day apparently from fireworks.  No suspects were immediately developed in the case.