DIXFIELD — Police and the U.S. Postal Service are looking for people responsible for destroying several mailboxes with soda bottle bombs.

Dixfield police Sgt. Jeff Howe said the mailboxes of three homes on Bull Rock Lane, Nova Street and Bradley Street, were targeted during the evenings of Sept. 13 and 16. The streets are all in the same neighborhood, and the residents of the three homes were not there at the times of the incidents.

Someone apparently placed plastic soda bottles filled with materials that when combined, will explode, into each of the mailboxes, Howe said.

Creating a bomb is a felony. Destroying mailboxes is a federal offense.

Howe said neighbors of the three homes have been interviewed, but so far, there are no leads. Anyone who saw anything unusual during the nights of Sept. 13 and 16, or has any leads or suspects, is asked to contact the Dixfield Police Department at 562-4517.

Accidents

Jessie Sirois, 26, Kennebec Street, Rumford, lost control of his 1998 Jeep Cherokee at 5:30 a.m. Sept. 3 as he was traveling east on Route 2 near MT Pockets. The vehicle struck a culvert and rolled over, coming to rest on its tires. The vehicle sustained $4,500 damage. Sirois sustained minor injuries.

Adam Conley, 36, Holman Avenue, Mexico, lost control of his 1995 Chevrolet pickup truck at 11:30 p.m., Sept. 19. as he was driving north on Route 142. The truck struck a utility pole, spun around and came to rest on its roof. The pole, valued at $1,800, was destroyed, as was his vehicle. He was transported to Rumford Hospital, where he was treated and released. He also took a blood alcohol test. He was summoned on a charge of operating under the influence.

Arrest

Jolene Putnam, 35, Peru, on charges of operating under the influence and possession of narcotic drugs, at 8:23 p.m. Sept. 13 on Route 2 near the intersection with Porter Road. She was also summoned on a charge of operating without a license. She was released from the Rumford Police Department on an unspecified amount of cash bail. She is scheduled to appear in Oxford County Superior Court on Dec. 17.