Nine people arrested in ‘sticky-mailbox’ mail theft scheme

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 […]

Video: Sticky mouse trap used in attempted mail theft

WICHITA, Kan. — The United States Postal Service in Wichita says there was a recent possible attempted mail theft involving at least one of its collection boxes. Postal workers found a sticky mouse trap stuck on the inside of the chute of one of the boxes, said Kelli Cunningham, Supervisor of Customer Service Support for […]