Residents at the Valencia Parc at Riverland complex in Port St. Lucie are facing a new wave of mail-related crimes, with thieves stealing and altering checks worth thousands of dollars from unsecured mailboxes — the latest security failure at a development that has struggled with mail delivery issues for months.
Elisa Kamens walks a couple blocks to the mailboxes at Valencia Parc every day. Earlier this month, she sent two checks for thousands of dollars, dropping them in an outgoing mailbox slot. They were stolen and cashed through a scheme known as check washing.
“There was everything I have working for. And I wouldn’t have enough money to live,” Kamens said…