Thieves ransacked the trucks and took off with mail and packages before abandoning the vehicles just blocks away from where they were taken.
January 18, 2023 at 6:48 pm PST SEATTLE — The U.S. Postal Inspector, Seattle Division, says at least three USPS mail trucks have been stolen in West Seattle just in January.Thieves ransacked the trucks and took off with mail and packages before abandoning the vehicles just blocks away from where the vehicles were taken.
The thefts happened between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. John Wiegand, U.S. Postal Inspector, says the letter carriers followed proper protocol and left the vehicles locked and secured. “They returned to the spot they were parking at, and the trucks were gone. They were able to immediately notify us,” Weigand said. None of the letter carriers were harmed. One USPS truck was stolen in the 3600 block of 57th Place SW. Another was taken from the 3300 block of Beach Drive SW, right along the waterfront. Investigators are asking people to be on the lookout for a truck seen near both scenes. “It looks like a late 90s purple Ford Ranger, potentially with a black canopy on the back,” Wiegand said.US postal inspector tells me this suspect vehicle was at both scenes. Mail trucks were locked but thieves still got in. Letters / packages stolen & trucks dumped a few blocks away.
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