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Stealing mail is a federal crime, but it hasn't stopped thieves from repeatedly targeting the Seneca Springs neighborhood in Beaumont.

The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday. The Postal Service is replacing 49,000 so-called arrow locks with electronic versions to make them less attractive to criminals who have been targeting them to steal mail from secure receptacles, and it is placing 12,000 hardened blue collection boxes in high-risk areas, a...

Shot to death on his route, investigators believe over a package. and the crimewave perhaps worst in chicago. police there issuing an alert after a string of postal worker robberies, more than two dozen since the beginning of the year. >> mail carriers are very frightened, more so than ever because of the ongoing armed robberies. weve never seen like this, anything like this before. >> reporter: patrick gibbons is a usps mail handler in chicago and says the growing number of assaults is all he a...

Blue box being dumped several months ago near philly, and a suspect using a stolen key in an oakland apartment building >> it makes it easier to grab checks to wash its just the perfect opportunity for crime. >> it gives you access to all the mailboxes within a certain zip code not only the blue collection boxes, but the cluster boxes that mail is delivered to as well. >> reporter: marlon basher is on the postal inspection service police force and a union rep in chicago. he believes crooks have ...

Locked mailbox on a carriers route, so for criminals that means quick, easy access to your mail case in point, the blue box being dumped several months ago near philly, and the suspect using a stolen key in an oakland apartment building >> makes it easy to grab checks to wash and its just the perfect opportunity for crime. it gives you access to all of the mailboxes within a certain zip code, not only the blue collection boxes, but the cluster boxes that mail is delivered to as well >> reporter:...

Gunpoint, near houston a mailman forced to put his hands in the air when a thief charged at him with a weapon. in milwaukee postal employee andre cross shot to death on his route investigators believe over a package. the crime wave perhaps worse in chicago, police there issuing an alert after a string of postal worker robberies more than two dozen since the beginning of the year. >> mail carriers are very frightened, more so than ever because of the ongoing armed robberies. weve never seen anyth...

Collection boxes in the United States have recently been a victim of declining mail volume.

The Homewood Police Department is investigating several cases where mail was stolen from outside drop boxes at Post Offices.

Law enforcement officials in several Massachusetts communities are warning residents after a spate of mailbox “phishing” scams.

Monroe County is setting up a relief effort to benefit the victims of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.