A guy in Iowa went on a spree of stealing political yard signs in August. A local police blotter newspaper reported the crimes and he wanted to cover it up.
They guy went and cleaned out the copies of the Dickinson County News that featured his crimes. The stack of papers were valued around $50.
Now the guy has to pay $105 fine and, if any, restitutions.
Political sign theft leads to bizarre cover-up effort
A series of minor thefts in early September had Lakes Area store clerks scratching their heads. Newspaper racks were empty. Storefront vending boxes were cleaned out, and copies of the Sept. 2 Dickinson County News were hard to come by just 24 hours after the weekly newspaper was distributed throughout the Iowa Great Lakes…
