It seems everyone is talking about mailbox burglaries in West Hollywood except for the U.S. Postal Service.
As WEHOville has reported, there have been a number of burglaries in recent weeks in which thieves apparently use a “master key” or “arrow key” from the local Post Office to enter lobbies of apartment and condo buildings and then open all of the mailboxes and cart away the mail.
The Sheriff’s Station is working with postal inspectors to investigate the thefts (Bowman said a couple of people actually were arrested four or five weeks ago when they were spotted with other people’s mail in their hands). WEHOville has been unable to get accurate information on how many recent thefts have occurred, but it is clear that there have been at least three and maybe as many as 18 in the past month or two. One of them was captured by a condominium video camera. Other photos from security cameras make clear that multiple people are involved in the thefts.