Mail call!
Federal authorities say they’ve arrested a man suspected of numerous mail thefts, including one that shut down deliveries to parts of South Seattle two weeks ago.
Service was suspended last week for some people in the “98118” zip code, residents told KIRO Newsradio they were told a master mailbox key was stolen. A visit to that annex office Thursday afternoon revealed a line of more than a dozen people waiting for their mail. A single employee was seen helping them.
When questioned about any thefts of mailbox master keys in that area, USPS Inspection Service spokesperson John Wiegand said there are active investigations, but declined to provide details. Residents told KIRO Newsradio this is the latest in a string of incidents. Kirk, who lives in Rainier Beach, said he and his neighbors’ mailboxes were destroyed about a month ago.When he complained to USPS, he said they told him they wouldn’t be able to deliver any mail until the cluster mailbox was fixed, and it costs $2-3,000 to fix.He said the USPS told him he could either get a P.O. Box or wait in line indefinitely at the annex office for his mail.
Nationwide, 49,000 so-called “arrow locks” on mailboxes will now be replaced with electronic versions to make them less attractive to criminals. Those arrow locks can be opened with the same type of master key that residents claim was stolen in south Seattle.USPS is also placing 12,000 hardened blue collection boxes in high-risk areas.
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