Police on lookout for 'bad apple culprit'

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — One rotten apple spoils the bunch, but a man known as the “bad apple culprit” doesn’t stop at just one.

The Clark County Sheriff’s Office in southwest Washington says someone has periodically been tossing apples on roofs. Sometimes the culprit leaves a note, as was the case when he recently struck at a home in Hazel Dell.

In the note, the culprit claimed he targeted five homes — three apples per house. He also wrote of his experience tossing apples at homes across the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon.

Deputies have released a surveillance image of the culprit in hopes the public can identify him.