Mail Being Stolen From Home Mailboxes: Putnam Sheriff

PUTNAM COUNTY, NY — Sheriff Kevin J. McConville warns county residents to avoid using home mailboxes for mail pickup due to recent cases of mail theft.

The Sheriff’s Office has taken a number of complaints, mostly in the Putnam Valley area, from residents who found that checks they were sending out were stolen from their mailboxes.

These checks are then altered to a much higher amount and cashed by the suspects, the Sheriff said.

Residents are encouraged to only use secure US Postal Service mailboxes when sending checks, and to report any instances of theft to the Sheriff's Office, where the investigation is ongoing with the assistance of the US Postal Inspectors Office.