Video: Stockton, CA Hit by Increase in Mail Theft

STOCKTON — There’s an uptick in mail theft in California, according to the US Postal Service. Multiple Stockton neighborhoods are part of that trend after being hit by mail thieves throughout the last couple of months.

The most recent theft happened Sunday on Joshua Tree Circle.

Surveillance video from early Sunday shows two suspects drive up to the mailbox that’s shared by multiple homes. One pries open the mailbox and the other cleans it out.

The Stockton Police Department said it’s not the first time thieves have hit this neighborhood.

“They’ll [officers] go out and patrol those areas where the mailboxes are just to try to have a visible presence so that they can deter that kind of activity,” said Officer Joe Silva. Read More

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