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Trump sign strung across live wires above Wilmington street

By Boston 25 News Staff
Police said they discovered the sign hanging on live electrical wires on Main Street early Friday morning.

wilmington trump sign Police said they discovered the sign hanging on live electrical wires on Main Street early Friday morning. (Wilmington Police via Twitter)

By Boston 25 News Staff

WILMINGTON, Mass. — Police are looking for the person who strung a homemade “Trump 2020” sign over live electrical wires in Wilmington sometime early Friday morning, posing a risk to passing cars below.

Wilmington police tweeted that the sign, which appears to be large cardboard letters that spell out Trump 2020 attached to string or rope, was attached to live wires on Main Street and was hanging so low that it posed a danger to passing cars.

“Not only did they run the risk of electrocution, but the low hanging sign caused a hazard to passing motorists,” the tweet said, which showed police blocking the road beneath the sign.

Police warned that is illegal to attach any type of sign - political or advertising - to any utility equipment in the town.

The Town of Wilmington bylaws state that "no person shall in any manner affix posters or signs or advertisements,...

Posted by Wilmington, MA Police Department on Friday, October 23, 2020

Officials are asking anyone with information to contact the Wilmington Police Department at 978-658-5071 or through their anonymous tip line at wpd.org.


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