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Commerce Road USPS Collection Box Vandalized

By Shannon Hicks

Published: Apr 29, 2019 11:55 am

The Newtown Bee has been informed of vandalism at the Commerce Road post office.

United States Postal Service employees discovered the vandalism this morning around 6:30 am. The Express mailbox located in the parking lot of the postal facility on Commerce Road had been broken into, and mail was removed.

Residents who left mail in that collection box after 2:30 pm Sunday, April 28, should contact the intended recipients. Any checks that were mailed from that location should be canceled immeidately.

Anyone with any information or concerns should contact the US Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455 or [naviga:u]postalinspectors.uspis.gov[/naviga:u].

Mailboxes are considered federal property, and federal law (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1705) makes it a crime to vandalize them or destroy any mail deposited in them. Postal Inspectors treat mailbox vandalism as a federal offense. Violators can be fined up to $250,000, or imprisoned for up to three years, for each act of vandalism.

<p>The collection bin in the United States Postal Service location at 5 Commerce Road was vandalized sometime during the mid-afternoon of Sunday, April 28, and the early morning hours of Monday, April 29. Postal customers will need to carry their outgoing mail into the post office until the box is repaired or replaced. Anyone with information about the federal offense is asked to contact the US Postal Inspection Service. (Bee Photo, Sherri Smith Baggett) </p>

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