It’s too bad that Halloween has turned into a night of vandalism in so many communities.
I remember once when I was visiting my home town in Pennsylvania that several cars on the street where my family lived were “keyed” (someone ran their key through the paint on our cars, leaving cut marks behind). I was lucky in that I had an older car, so that didn’t matter to me, but some neighbors had brand new autos that were defaced really badly. All the police seemed to be able to do was shrug their shoulders and take everyone’s names.
It might be the result of similar events that has caused some towns to outlaw teenagers trick-or-treating. Here’s the story from the Associated Press via ABC News: