SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Thieves have been using stolen master keys from the U.S. Postal Service to steal mail from apartment complexes, a crime that is becoming alarmingly common.
A recent incident at the Boulevard Condominium complex in Santa Clara, near El Camino Real and Scott Boulevard, where all 130 mailboxes were burglarized.
Security footage showed a person entering the complex around 3:30 a.m. Monday and raiding two mailbox hubs.
“Every single resident of this community was a victim of mail theft including myself,’ said Alex Salzmann, a resident at the complex and member of its board of directors. “We have talked to residents, and they have lost driver’s licenses, credit cards, debit cards – somebody said their Global Entry card was found somewhere in San Jose.”