Police Warn of Mail Fishing

TYLER — The Postal Service says those seemingly safe blue mail collection boxes seen all over town are a known hot spot for mail fishing — a technique thieves use to fish deposited mail out of the collection boxes. It’s a trend Tyler Police Detective Andy Erbaugh says can be stopped if we all pay attention. He tells our news partner KETK that if you see such an incident and think there might be something illegal happening, you can call Tyler police or 9-1-1 and report a suspicious person. Mail theft is a federal crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison.