Thieves steal mail from Hayward residents 9 times so far this year

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A group of residents in Hayward are fed up about thieves stealing their mail over and over again – and they are at wit's end about what to do about it.

Neighbors at The Reserve have counted nine times since January that groups of people have ransacked their bank of mailboxes on Vista Grande Drive to take whatever is inside: Packages, a credit card that was used to charge $2,000, as well as bank and tax information.Recently, at their own expense, the neighbors installed metal bars across the boxes, which are outside on the sidewalk.

By the residents' accounting, the thefts have occurred on Jan. 18, Feb. 5, 7, 22 and twice on Feb. 25. The thefts also occurred on March 10, 14, and the most recent on Wednesday, which is when the suspects cut the bars protecting the boxes, according to neighbor Steve Wiberg.But Hayward police have told them there's nothing they can do. Stealing mail is a federal crime.

In an interview, Postal Inspector Jeff Fitch acknowledged the residents' frustrations – thefts of mailboxes as well as robberies of mail carriers are up.

 

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