AUSTIN — Unusual mail thefts in Austin are affecting more than just one community.

After KVUE first reported that someone appeared on security camera using a master key to break into the cluster mailboxes in the Lewis Mountain Ranch neighborhood in Southwest Austin, we received dozens of reports of additional mail thefts in nearby Circle C North.

“We asked, ‘Hey, what’s going on with the mail?’ And that’s when the mailman said someone has a master key,” Lisa Casey, a Circle C North homeowner, said.

Casey said her mail was stolen the week she was out of town after he mother passed away, right before Christmas. Now, she’s stopped her mail delivery entirely because she doesn’t trust the cluster box to be safe knowing someone still has a key to break in.

“The post [office] people just keep telling us to check your mail every day. Well, that’s not going to solve it,” Casey said. More at KVUE