Toilet paper prank keeps city workers busy

COSTA MESA -- City workers spent about five hours Thursday removing

toilet paper from trees in the public right of way near Estancia High

School.

The extensive job spanned from Estancia High School on Placentia

Avenue north to Mesa Verde Drive through the residential neighborhood.

City workers alerted the Police Department about the incident, but the

prank is not considered vandalism if there is no property damage, police

said.

The toilet papering occurred sometime during the early morning hours

before 6 a.m., said Public Services Director Bill Morris.

City maintenance workers spent the morning removing the paper and had

most of the area cleaned by noon, he said.

-- Elise Gee