<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span>Courtesy of the New York Daily News at:</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505"></a><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505"></a><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505"></a><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505"></a><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505"><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/woodchucks-wild-buck-toothed-bandits-busted-stealing-flags-graves-new-york-civil-war-veterans-article-1.1112505</a></a></div><div> <br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br></div><div><h1 class="story-header" itemprop="headline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 28px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font: normal normal normal 28px/28px Georgia; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); line-height: 12px; ">Woodchuck traitors? Buck-toothed bandits busted stealing flags from graves of New York Civil War veterans </h1><span></span><br><span>Dozens of American flags honoring the vets were stolen or broken at the Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, N.Y., in the days before the July 4th holiday.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeking to catch the offenders, police set up cameras and were surprised to learn that the unpatriotic culprits were actually a local breed of woodchucks.</span><br><span>Some wily woodchucks are apparently to blame for a recent rash of damages at a cemetery housing the tombstones of Civil War veterans.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Dozens of American flags honoring the vets were stolen or broken at the Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, N.Y., in the days before the July 4th holiday.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Police had offered a reward of $500 for information leading to the arrest of the vandals, WTEN reported.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Woodchucks have been stealing the flags off veterans' graves at Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, N.Y. Groundskeeper (right) looks on as police search for the culprits.</span><br><span>Seeking to catch the offenders, police set up cameras and were surprised to learn that the unpatriotic culprits were actually a local breed of woodchucks known for their prominent front teeth.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hudson Mayor William Hallenbeck Jr. confirmed that woodchucks were to blame for the thefts. He said the manufacturer of the flags had added a substance that attracts woodchucks.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Hudson Mayor William Hallenbeck Jr. confirmed that woodchucks were to blame for the thefts. He said the manufacturer of the flags had added a substance that attracts woodchucks.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span></span>---------------</div><div><br></div>Seeking to catch the offenders, police set up cameras and were surprised to learn that the unpatriotic culprits were actually a local breed of woodchucks.<div><br></div><img src="cid:18612B8A-9A15-47FA-B10B-BFECC6EB4132" alt="image.jpeg" id="18612B8A-9A15-47FA-B10B-BFECC6EB4132" width="635" height="444"><div><br></div><div>---------------</div><div><br></div>Woodchucks have been stealing the flags off veterans' graves at Cedar Park Cemetery in Hudson, N.Y. Groundskeeper (right) looks on as police search for the culprits.<div><br></div><img src="cid:BFE16C3D-E5C1-46A2-ADBE-077AB1E6812A" alt="image.jpeg" id="BFE16C3D-E5C1-46A2-ADBE-077AB1E6812A" width="635" height="344"><div><br></div><div>---------------</div><div><br></div><div><br><span></span><br><span>-----------------------------------</span><br><span></span><br><span>Seeya round town, Moscow.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Tom Hansen</span><br><span>Moscow, Idaho</span><br><span></span><br><span>"If not us, who?</span><br><span>If not now, when?"</span><br><span></span><br><span>- Unknown</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></div><div></div></body></html>