Thieves Breaking Into West Philadelphia Mailboxes, Fraudulently Cashing Personal Checks For Thousands

Philadelphia PA

05 November, 2021

11:12 AM

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By Matt Petrillo, CBS Philadelphia November 5, 2021 Postal service mailboxes in West Philadelphia are being broken into and checks are being stolen, then being fraudulently cashed for thousands of dollars. This really has officials scratching their heads. Eyewitness News spoke to neighbors, a councilmember, a state representative and even a postal inspection service and no one can say how thieves are getting into blue collection boxes and taking off with other people's mail and personal checks. "I was just like really confused. I was like, 'Did I do some kind of math wrong?'" Michael Long said. CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.