SPOKANE, Wash. – A South Hill mechanic is being credited with busting a mail carrier suspected of stealing mail for months from people on her route.

Manito Automotive has been is business for 23 years and Wayne Wold is a mechanic goes the extra mile for his customers. He even vacuums out their cars when they’re in for an oil change and that’s how he accidentally discovered mail that hadn’t been delivered.

When the mail carrier brought in her car to be serviced, Wold made a startling discovery.

“I vacuum every car that comes in here and when I was vacuuming it I was tripping over at least 350, 400 pieces of mail,” he said.

Wold saw letters to addressed to some of his customers and even found some of his own undelivered business mail in the back seat.

South Hill mechanic helps bust suspected mail thief