BOSTON -- Three men were arrested and charged Thursday after they allegedly went on a three-town mailbox vandalism spree.

Police said residents of Oxford, Charlton and Dudley reported seeing a small, dark-colored sedan with a loud exhaust driving around the communities and vandalizing mailboxes on Thursday. Police pulled over a car, a 1998 Toyota Corolla, in the vicinity of one of the smashed mailboxes that matched the description and found three men inside. They were later identified as the men seen vandalizing the mailboxes, police said.

Police said the men are suspected of damaging more than 40 mailboxes in three towns with a baseball bat.

Shawn Figueroa, 21, of Webster, Matthew Bergeron, 21, of Webster, and Zachary Mailloux, 20, of Worcester, were arraigned on vandalism charges in Dudley District Court on Thursday.

Damage in Dudley was reported in the Dudley-Southbridge Road area; in Charlton, the majority of damage occurred in the Dresser Hill and Oxford Road areas; and in Oxford, damage was reported in the area of Larned Road.

Police encourage anyone whose mailbox was damaged or has information about the case to contact either Sgt. Paul Ceppetelli at the Dudley Police Department 508-943-4411; Officer Richard McGrath in Charlton at 508-248-2259; or Officer Jeremy Grniet in Oxford at 508-987-6021.