{"id":14431,"date":"2016-03-18T07:57:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=14431"},"modified":"2016-03-18T07:57:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:57:21","slug":"video-cluster-mailbox-theft-becoming-more-common-in-sacramento-and-all-across-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/03\/18\/video-cluster-mailbox-theft-becoming-more-common-in-sacramento-and-all-across-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Cluster Mailbox Theft Becoming More Common In Sacramento And All Across The Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

PEN Ed: As USPS cuts back on services and installs more cluster mailboxes all across the USA it seems mail theft is becoming a common threat. <\/em><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO – It\u2019s a crime that’s becoming more common. Thieves break into a community mailbox – also called a cluster mailbox – and grab your mail, your money and your peace of mind.<\/div>\n
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Victims of the thefts said the crimes are an avoidable symptom of an otherwise trustworthy mail system.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere are little frustrations, and this seems like an avoidable frustration,\u201d said Tom Bright of Sacramento County\u2019s Parkway community.<\/div>\n
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Bright showed ABC10 just how easy it is to break into his cluster box.<\/div>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ve got my fingers under the edge here,\u201d Bright said as he wedged his fingertips under a thin aluminum panel on the back of his neighborhood\u2019s cluster box. \u201cIf I pull, I\u2019m in there \u2013 right now \u2013 and part of the front of this is made of aluminum. This door gets pulled open, and then you can have access to the all of the backs of all of the boxes.\u201d Read more<\/a><\/div>\n