AN ANTONIO – About a week ago, Philip Smisek noticed one of the outgoing mail slots on his set of mailboxes was bent, so he fixed it.

“Next morning, this whole door was busted open,” he said of the next cluster of mailboxes over, which included his own. “Everybody’s stuff was completely cleaned out.”

Smisek’s mailbox on Farber Dale was one of several that have been damaged recently in the Steubing Ranch area. The coordinator of the local Citizens on Patrol said about 10 locations have been damaged since June 1. A KSAT 12 News crew found four damaged mailboxes during a drive through the neighborhood Friday morning.

Each of the locations KSAT found had at least one outgoing mail slot bent out of shape, an indication that thieves might have gained access to the whole cluster of mailboxes, as Smisek said they had done to his. Read more