Two Peachtree

City teenagers were arrested Monday night for damaging 13 mailboxes and

stealing a stop sign in the Burnham Woods subdivision, police said.

Arrested were

Brandon Scott Tipsword, 17, and a 16-year-old boy whose name was not released

because he is a juvenile, police said.

Both suspects

were charged with one felony count of reckless conduct for stealing the

stop sign, and 13 misdemeanor counts of damaging a mailbox, police said.

They also are charged with obstruction of a police officer and underage

possession of alcohol, police said.

Officers were

alerted to the teens' presence by a citizen who reported suspicious activity

in the neighborhood, police said.

The felony

charge of reckless conduct was filed because the removal of the stop sign

could have resulted in the serious injury or death of another person,

said Police Chief James Murray.

Tipsword was

booked into the Fayette County jail while the 16-year-old was released

to his parents, Murray said. Both boys were intoxicated at the time of

their arrest, the chief added.