HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) The postal service is investigating several instances of theft from the drive-up boxes outside of their stations.
The USPS said they have received reports from the Southmore, University, Julius Melcher and Weslayan post offices along with Galveston-area collection boxes. Many of the collection boxes are either taped over with notes telling customers to bring their mail inside or in the case of the University Station mailbox, it has been removed altogether.
In many instances, the theft is resulting in check washing.
Eyewitness News spoke with Lynn Dahlberg on Monday. She said her husband dropped their property tax check off at the University Station and said not long after that, she received a call from her bank that her check looked suspicious.