The mail theft caper began March 9 with the robbery of a Carmichael postal carrier by a juvenile brandishing a BB gun that looked like a real pistol, then absconding with a master mailbox key, authorities say.
“Dude, I have a magical key,” one of the suspects allegedly texted to another. “It’s a key for all mailboxes.”
By the time it ended days later, the suspects had stolen reams of mail from mailboxes, forged checks, stolen identities and bank cards, and then disposed of the evidence by burning the mail or burying it by mixing it with mud and human excrement, postal officials say.
Now, four suspects in the case are in custody in Sacramento County jails on various federal charges ranging from conspiracy to destruction of mail to assault of a mail carrier, court documents say.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article208148139.html#storylink=cpy
The P.O. has been downsizing the Blue mail Receptacles for years. The mailbox will follow the stamp machine out the door to extinction. Throwing away jobs.
wow…those eyesores really blend into the country side lol.