The Postal Service declined to provide specific details because the investigation is ongoing, but U.S. Postal Inspector Ian P. Ortega said in an email that several arrests have been made in the case. The thefts from the mailboxes are a federal crime.
U.S Postal Service's blue collection boxes across Northeast Ohio have been compromised after a master key was stolen from a mail carrier in Euclid, Ohio. CLEVELAND, Ohio – The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday that it is investigating multiple thefts from blue mailboxes in the Cleveland area.
However, Cleveland’s Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek said a postal official informed him about the thefts in the Cleveland area prior to the Euclid robbery. “One of my residents told me that she doesn’t have a car, so she walks around the corner to pay her bills using the blue collection box,” Polensek said. “She said she put three bills in there the other day and now she’s worried if they’re going to get paid or not.”
“There should have been an official statement from the U.S. Postal Service themselves,” he said. “The need to tell us what areas and zip codes are affected, and they need to inform us what they are doing to apprehend the persons. The postal service is part of the foundation of this country, and it should not be compromised.”