Teens Hang Dead Oppossum From Highway Overpass - Arrested

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NANUET, N.Y. --It's no surprise, in the New York suburbs, to see a deer dart across the road. An opossum hanging by a rope from an overpass, however, is a rarity.

Several motorists reported Monday that their cars had banged into the carcasses of a possum and a crow that had been tied up and then lowered over the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Nanuet, police said.

Three 16-year-olds were arrested. Their names were not made public. Clarkstown police, who cover Nanuet, said the teens apparently scraped the carcasses off Route 304 before hanging them above the parkway, just low enough to be hit by passing cars. At least one vehicle was damaged, police said.

The youths were charged with criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct

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