2010-03-27 / Front Page

Laird Hill, Marshall hit by mailbox bomber; reward upped to $10,000

By J. LOUISE LARSON news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Local mail bombing incidents have spoiled mail and soured relations with at least one postal customer - and Laird Hill has joined the ranks of East Texas communities targeted by a suspected mail bomber. Authorities have doubled the reward for information in a continuing rash of incidents involving bombs left in mailboxes.


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As an alumni of Leveretts

As an alumni of Leveretts Chapel, Kilgorite, a retired Navy Bomb Technician and close friend of the BATF DFW bomb technicians, I can assure the East Texas community that these actions are atrocious. The Postal Inspectors and BATF have two of the most advanced crime labs that specialize in such cases. I can attest that the Postal Inspector's crima lab is extremely impressive. I would not discount the postal system's ability to bring these perpetrators to justice or its competency in handling your mail. It is not their fault someone is threatening the system with such hazardous devices. We will see an arrest in short order and life can return to normal.

I thought the Kilgore Post

I thought the Kilgore Post Office had surveillance cameras. What's the deal? Are they only picking up images on the inside? That is a relatively new facility. Surely there is a camera on the outside somewhere.

I thought the Kilgore PO had

I thought the Kilgore PO had surveillance cameras. What's the deal? Are none pointed outside?

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