Kids have stolen and smashed pumpkins for years. Once ours start to go, we let Jr. take them in the woods out back and throw them up against a tree.
One of my neighbors told me tonight about a mailbox vandal in our neighborhood. This 17-year-old was stealing mail, opening some and spreading it all over the place. He didn't get any of ours.
But they caught him. Hope they nail him with federal charges for screwing with the mail.