RAMSEY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police in Ramsey, New Jersey, don’t want people using the big blue postal service mailboxes. They’re warning residents as the number of mail fishing incidents rises. Ramsey Police are currently investigating 50 cases of mail theft that occurred just within the last two months. “It’s an easy mark, it’s easy to […]
Westchester County, NY — Postal Inspectors and Pelham, NY, Police arrested Anthony Monroe and his co-conspirators for allegedly stealing mail from U.S. Postal Service blue collection boxes in Westchester County. The investigation, which spanned several months, began when customers reported that checks and money orders they had mailed from the Mount Vernon Post Office had […]
Because of declining use, the U.S. Postal Service is removing many of the blue boxes. A known fact that in 1985, nearly 400,000 blue mailboxes were on American streets. Now only 160,000 remain and more are vanishing each day. What is the main reason for this? The Internet seems to be the main culprit. With […]