Tire-damaging device found on N. Idaho closed road

Written by Associated Press

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game in northern Idaho say they found a device apparently designed to damage tires of vehicles illegally using a closed road near Soldier's Meadow Reservoir.

Senior Conservation Officer Mark Hill tells The Lewiston Tribune that the device found last week on a closed road is in an area being damaged by people off-roading and mud-bogging.

Hill says it appears someone is trying to deter the off-roaders by taking the law into their own hands.

The device is a concrete-filled tire with three rebar spikes sticking out.

Hill says the device was not buried when officials found it, but it appears to have been buried at one with just the rebar spikes protruding into the road.

The agency is seeking information about who might have placed the device and about anyone illegally off-roading in the area.

Source: http://www.fox12idaho.com/Global/story.asp?S=11584955

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