5/9/16 SAN ANTONIO – The United States Postal Service is investigating a bizarre twist on a crime. The Postal Inspector said someone stole an entire cluster of mailboxes from a Northside neighborhood off Evans Road and Bulverde Road. “Disbelief at first,” Chris Bazany said. “Myself and a few others went out there to check it […]
Post office stops delivering mail to residents of Arvada apartment complex 2/26/16 ARVADA, Colo. — Nearly a month after their mail delivery stopped, residents of an Arvada apartment complex are getting help from the FOX31 Denver Problem Solvers. Unfortunately mail theft has been an ongoing issue for some residents of Castlegate Apartments. “I’ve had mail […]
1/28/16 Manteca, CA – Theft of mail in Manteca’s “community mail boxes” or cluster boxes mounted on residential sidewalks is picking up. The Postal Service has deployed postal inspectors in Manteca and nearby communities that have been targeted as well in a bid to catch the culprits. Manteca Postmaster Beverley Leymaster on Thursday noted between […]
Thieves targeting mailboxes across Albuquerque, New Mexico 1/26/16 ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Thieves are causing headaches for countless postal customers. Not only have they stolen their mail, now some people said the incidents have forced them to wait in long lines at the post office. It’s been reported all across the city, thieves targeting cluster mail […]
Pittsburg Residents Frustrated Over Mailbox Vandalism Several residents of a Pittsburg [California] community are up in arms after the United States Postal Service is requesting they pay for what vandals have done to the neighborhood’s mailbox. Dongallo captured the theft on his home surveillance camera. He was shocked to find out that he and his […]
Officials address postal theft problem Mail theft continues to be a problem for neighborhoods with cluster mailboxes all over the region. After a surge of Folsom cluster mailbox burglary reports in December, other neighborhoods in the city have faced similar issues. According to Lisa Miller-Hobbs, a 20-year Folsom resident, the cluster mail boxes located on […]
Elk Grove postal box break-ins on upswing January 23, 2015 – Federal postal inspectors and Elk Grove police are on the lookout for mail thieves after dozens of cluster mailboxes were broken into in recent weeks. “Since the beginning of the month, approximately 55 break-ins,” of cluster boxes have occurred, said Jeff Fitch, U.S. postal […]
Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Neighbors in a valley community are fed up with vandals who broke into their mailboxes. They want to know what it will take to prevent a repeat. From the front, the box on Mission Ridge Drive, near U.S. 95 and Decatur Boulevard, looks perfectly fine. “I opened the box and […]
AUSTIN, TX (KXAN) — Neighbors in a South Austin community want some answers, after thieves targeted their mailboxes. Two separate incidents happened in October, and now the Postal Inspector is investigating. Tampering with them is a serious crime. “If they prosecute you, you’re going to a federal prison, that’s a little different than a state […]
TOLUCA LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) –Authorities are searching Thursday for a thief who stole mail from condominiums in Toluca Lake. Several mailboxes in the 10600 block of Woodbridge Street were hit Thursday morning. The thief also struck the mailboxes across the street. They remained open hours later awaiting investigation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. […]