7/28/17 SAN FERNANDO VALLEY (KABC) — Two alleged mail thieves, who stole jewelry in addition to letters, IDs and credit cards, used postal key duplicates carved out of scissors to get access to apartments.
The crooks hit homes and apartments all over the San Fernando Valley, including Tarzana, Encino and Woodland Hills.
The two were arrested Thursday morning driving a stolen truck.
Police said they had stolen mail, credit cards and IDs on them as well as more than 100 pieces of jewelry that were also believed to be stolen.
Investigators said the culprits had several makeshift postal key duplicates made out of scissors.
source: San Fernando Valley mail thieves carve keys out of scissors
Has to be an inside job, how else would they be able to copy arrow lock keys, one of their friends must be a carrier.
these were convicts that did this, locksmith is a trade convicts study