Stacks of undelivered mail found in Weymouth, MA impound lot

WEYMOUTH — Roslindale residents wondering why they never received that birthday card, credit card bill or tax refund check in the mail may soon find some answers at a car impound lot in Weymouth.

The owner of Central Towing in South Weymouth, where police store impounded vehicles, said he found thousands of pieces of undelivered mail stacked in U.S. Postal Service bins in the back of a SUV Thursday, more than a month after towing it.

Bruce Hanson, owner of Central Towing, said the company towed the SUV on March 30 after Weymouth police stopped the driver on Park Avenue because the car was uninsured and had an expired registration.

Hanson said he sent a letter notifying the registered owner that Central Towing had the SUV on its lot, but he never heard back from anyone.

“The SUV looked like someone had been living in it because everything in the back was covered with blankets,” he said.

More than a month passed, so Hanson said he went back to the SUV on Thursday afternoon to see if he could find more clues that would help him connect with the owner.

Hanson said he found several pay stubs from the U.S. Postal Service, a Postal Service employee placard and a stack of opened greeting cards.

“There were dozens of opened envelops, and they were all addressed to different people, mostly in Roslindale,” Hanson said. “That’s when I started to realize what was going on.”

Hanson looked in the back of the SUV and discovered dozens and dozens of bundles of unopened mail, along with several Amazon packages that had been ripped open. Hanson said he didn’t look closely at the mail, but noticed a November date on at least one envelope.

“Obviously the person didn’t deliver the mail, and instead, it just kept piling up,” he said. “They probably figured that if they dumped it somewhere, someone would find out.” More at Patriot Ledger

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