ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – East Atlanta residents are fed up with finding their mailboxes emptied or torn envelopes and packages tossed on the ground several blocks away.

One resident, who asked us not to use his name, said there’s been a recent uptick in mail theft in his neighborhood.

“It’s happening every night, so there’s just no telling how many victims there are,” he said.

“Last week we were out of town, and we got an email from someone that had found our mail just strewn in the street,” said Sean Bastarache.

One homeowner’s security camera showed someone walking down the street, looking through his mailbox, and then moving on. The man did not find anything in the video captured Monday morning, but the homeowner said that hasn’t always been the case. Read more at Fox 5 Atlanta