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RANCHO SAN DIEGO, Calif. - A local man trying to mail out some bills made a sticky discovery inside a USPS collection box in Rancho San Diego.“It makes you feel violated,” said Drew Prueitt.“Parked. Got my mail in the hand. Put it in the slot. It didn't feel right. It was sticking, pushing back on me,“ said Prueitt.“I look inside. Down inside, and here it is: a glue strip, and it says the word ‘mouse’ on it … There was mail stuck to it,” said Prueitt.
His was able to drop his mail into the box, before calling a local Postal Inspection Service office and filing a complaint.That issue has been plaguing the US Postal Service for years. ABC 10News has been documenting complaints dating back nearly a decade, of planted glue traps, allowing thieves to fish out mail, specifically checks. Those checks are then chemically washed, and made out to the thieves to the tune of hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars.Soon after, he discovered the check had been washed, and rewritten in the amount of $1,400. His bank ultimately deemed it fraud and covered the amount, but Kapp called it a “surprising and frustrating” ordeal.
The USPS has introduced more secure collection boxes, including some with smaller slots and a mechanism to grab mail once its inserted.When asked about the glue trap found at the collection box in Ranch San Diego, a US Postal Inspection Service spokesperson said, “I will ensure it’s addressed.”“The US Postal Inspection Service is the law enforcement branch, crime prevention and security arm of the Postal Service, and we take mail theft matters very seriously.
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