Local law enforcement agencies have confirmed that as of Monday evening, a total of six post offices have been broken into across the Big Country and the surrounding area.
One person has been killed and another was seriously hurt after an explosion at a Wilson County home. One person has been killed and another was seriously hurt after an explosion at a Wilson County home. Law enforcement sources tell Channel 4 News a package in a mailbox exploded outside a home in the 500 […]
(NECN: Katelyn Tivnan, Malden, Mass.) – A Massachusetts postal worker is facing charges after allegedly stealing from mailboxes.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A woman in far west Bakersfield says her mailbox was stolen early Saturday morning. Kim Davis told 23ABC she heard a crash outside her home around 3:30 a.m. A neighbor stopped by later in the morning to tell her a community mailbox had been stolen. “People have stolen our mail before,” Davis […]
BUCHANAN DAM, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities say 16 Central Texas post offices have been hit by thieves since right before Christmas. Postal inspectors said cameras are currently being installed at locations in hopes of catching the culprit and deterring them from trying to break in again. Locations in Florence, Liberty Hill, Salado, Hutto have been […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Nearly two dozen indictments were handed out following a yearlong federal investigation into mail theft. Operation Broken Mailbox is an ongoing effort involving a surge of postal inspectors and analysts working with local law enforcement partners to investigate and prosecute stolen mail offenses. Operation Mailbox was initiated following postal customer complaints about […]
— Police are asking residents of apartment buildings in Studio City to be on the lookout for brazen mail thieves. Authorities believe the duo may be using a Postal Service master key to gain access to buildings and mailboxes. Stealing mail, of course, is a Federal crime. One recent theft was caught on apartment building […]
A local post office in Mott Haven has become chaotic as crowds go to pick up their mail lately due to broken mailboxes. Some residents say they end up leaving empty-handed because postal workers keep the crowds of almost 100 waiting on lines the whole time. Melvin Ortiz says this has been going on since […]
Keith Saunders hasn’t gotten any mail delivered to his home for two months and is now beyond angry at the U.S. Postal Service. He says it refuses to deliver to his home. According to the post office, his mailbox is the problem. But Saunders doesn’t see it that way. At first glance, everything looks right. […]
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Postal Inspectors think they’ve found the woman who’s been prying into people’s mailboxes with a screwdriver. Investigators say armed with screwdrivers, she was able to break into mailboxes primarily in apartment buildings in Shadyside, South Side, Forest Hills and Wilkinsburg They say they found thousands of pieces of mail shoved in […]