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Monday, October 20, 2008
Last night, a political yard sign was stolen from my front yard. The thief drove through my yard and those of two of my neighbors in order to take the sign. My husband would like to put up another sign at the far edge of a loosely dug hole designed to damage any vehicle that drives into it. Would such a booby trap be legal in North Carolina?

Booby trapping your sign is a bad idea. If someone were injured, you could be sued for damages. I can't find a specific law that makes it a crime to set a trap on private property (except for animal traps), but a person who set a trap that injured someone could probably be prosecuted for assault.
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