Last week, we told you how the U.S. Postal Inspection Service -- that's the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service -- is looking into a rash of mail thefts in Vallejo and American Canyon.
Postal authorities say that thieves, apparently using master keys they may have obtained during robberies of mail carriers, had raided cluster mailboxes in the the two North Bay communities and stolen mail from as many as 300 individual customers.
The thefts began in early February and have led the Postal Service to recommend that customers put a hold on deliveries and pick up their mail at Vallejo's main post office. That has led to new headaches for the affected customers, who are often forced to stand in long lines to get mail.
Now, a resident of one of the Vallejo developments targeted in the thefts has posted what appears to be a mail theft in progress. The video, recorded on a cul-de-sac in the Glen Cove neighborhood early the morning of Saturday, April 16, shows an individual in the act of cleaning out a cluster mailbox and absconding with the contents.