GOLDEN GATE, Fla.- Neighbors say their mailboxes are getting raided and mail stolen.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s happening on 5th Avenue Northwest and at least five mailboxes have been hit multiple times. \u201cThey are helping themselves to the mail, opening it and throwing it on the ground,\u201d says one neighbor who didn\u2019t want to share her name.<\/p>\n
Neighbors say they are finding mail ripped up and scattered down their street. Some have had checks stolen. \u201cOne of my neighbors handed me one of my checks, he found it laying on the side of the road,\u201d says another neighbor. The checks were for her bills; she had to cancel all of them.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s terrible. It\u2019s a federal offense,\u201d says one neighbor. \u201cThat\u2019s something everyone has always trusted, the US Post Office and the mail system and now someone is violating it.\u201d Read more<\/a><\/p>\n