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South Brunswick Twp Police Department
Tuesday April 12th, 2022 :: 03:48 p.m. EDT

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Mailbox Fraud Alert

South Brunswick Police are investigating the theft of mail from postal mailboxes outside the Dayton and Kendall Park Post Office today. A resident reported finding mail in the roadway off Broadway Road at around 12 pm. Officer Gerald Sarno retrieved the mail and located two residents who indicated they had placed their mail in the mailbox in front of Dayton Post Office. Officers went to the post office and discovered inside the opening of the mailbox was a piece of paper with sticky material. The paper appeared to be a bug trap. 

Officers went to the Kendall Park Post Office and discovered the same setup. The postal mailbox outside the post office had an opened bug trap in the lid. Officers determined that between 7 pm on Monday and 11 am on Tuesday, the suspect used the traps to fish mail out of the mailboxes. It is unclear if the thefts extended to other towns. The United States Postal Inspector was notified and is investigating. 

Instructions:

Monitor financial activity if you placed mail in these mailboxes

Address/Location
South Brunswick Twp Police Department
540 Ridge Rd
South Brunswick Township, NJ 08852

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-329-4646

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Alert Details

Severity:
Minor - Minimal to no known threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Other events
Event:
Routine Monthly Test

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