This Mario prank got 5 people arrested

When 5 teenagers left dozens of cardboard Mario question mark blocks around their town, they didn't expect police to treat their prank as a danger to the public! This simple Super Mario Bros-inspired prank quickly ballooned out of control, ending with all five teenagers being referred to PROSECUTORS. Let's find out about the Mario prank which went too far!

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SOURCES
https://www.eurogamer.net/news030406m...
https://web.archive.org/web/200806210...
https://web.archive.org/web/200602022...
https://web.archive.org/web/200802250...
http://hoaxes.org/af_database/permali...
https://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/...
https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
https://web.archive.org/web/200804241... Posterchild interview
https://web.archive.org/web/200604050... Ravenna news article

CREDITS
https://www.deviantart.com/nicholasbl... Mario thumbnail render by Nicholasblasi
   • Ravenna   OH   - Ravenna aerial footage by Hank Studios
   • A Stroll Up & Down Main Street Ravenna Ohio   - Ravenna main street footage by Ruggidro's Review

MUSIC USED
Demise from Virtue's Last Reward
Logic and Trick from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Transient Tranquillity from Zero Time Dilemma
Separation of Lovers from Tomodachi Collection
Other music from Epidemic Sound