Police are investigating after mail was stolen from collection boxes in Collegeville over the past weekend.
Someone broke into mail collection boxes on West Third Avenue in Collegeville over the weekend, potentially stealing money and putting some people's personal information at riskPolice in Montgomery County are investigating after, they said, someone is believed to have broken into a pair of mail collection boxes in Collegeville over the weekend.
According to police, the incident happened sometime between 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 and 8 a.m. the next day, when someone is believed to have broken into blue mail collection boxes along West Third Avenue."I can’t believe that I’m so scared to put my mail in there now," Hope Salvi of Collegeville told NBC10.
"It’s surprising we’ve never really heard of anything like that happening before. Collegeville's a safe town," he said. Officials are asking anyone who may have used those boxes to cancel checks and make sure to check their bank accounts for any unusual activity.According to police, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service has been notified of the incident and plans to investigate the theft from the collection boxes.
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