Mail thefts and check forgeries are up in Travis County...

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

It took awhile for it to happen, but the thieves broke into my neighborhood mailboxes Saturday night here in Legend Oaks. They used a prybar to destroy the large mail loading doors on the backs of the boxes. This happened in the N area of my neighborhood in July and it took until recently for the USPS to fix them. Meanwhile the entire neighborhood had to go to the post office to get their mail.

I tried reporting this to Austin Police via 311 and was told:

Its only been about 4 weeks since USPS repaired the mailboxes, and this weekend the scum broke into them again. Pried all of the loading doors open.

They are just too darned easy to break into.

[10scoachrick]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

Its only been about 4 weeks since USPS repaired the mailboxes, and this weekend the scum broke into them again. Pried all of the loading doors open.

They are just too darned easy to break into.

Amazing

I used to think the specter of committing a federal crime would give one something to think about...apparently not.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by 10scoachrick

Amazing

I used to think the specter of committing a federal crime would give one something to think about...apparently not.

So did I. Apparently that threat wore off.

[CptnRn]

Tip for anyone who's mailbox has been broken into or anyone who has a remote mailbox.

It is a real drag to have to go down to the post office or a remote mailbox to pick up your mail and find that there is nothing there but some junk mail.

To avoid this, I have found the free USPS "Informed Delivery" service very useful.

https://informeddelivery.usps.com/bo...o/start.action

If you sign up for it they will send you an email every day which includes a graphic image of most of the mail that will be delivered to your mail box in the next day or two. For the most part they appear to leave out junk mail and only show you the first class and more important mail that is on its way. I have found this to be very useful even after our mailboxes were repaired 4 weeks ago. I don't bother to stop and check the gang mail boxes when there is nothing there but junk mail.

This also showed me the bank statement that was soon to be delivered to me prior to the last break in. So when I do get around to picking up my mail at the post office, I will know whether or not that statement was stolen in the last break in.

I hope you find this useful.

[CarnivalGal]

These incidents are only going to increase as we get closer to the holidays. Lots of people send cash and gift cards as gifts, so thieves are ready to take them.