YAKIMA, Wash. — An unusual crime was reported in Yakima and it effects the whole neighborhood along 38th Avenue. Yakima police say a U.S. postal drop box was ripped off the sidewalk.

Hundreds of holiday cards, bills and personal information stolen from street corner.

“When did you notice that the mail box was gone?”, asked KIMA.

“Well, I think it was last Monday,” said Dianne Griffith. “I drove over there to mail a letter, because I didn’t trust mailing it out of my own box. I drove over there and the mailbox was just totally gone.”

Dianne Griffith’s mail was stolen from her home mailbox two weeks ago. She started dropping her letters in the public postal drop box along the 600 block of 38th Avenue. Now, all that remains are the nuts and bolts that once secured the post box.

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