Two people arrested in Arizona for stealing from post offices in multiple states might be connected to similar incidents in Las Vegas.
Earlier this month at an Arizona post office location, someone wearing a mail carrier uniform reportedly stole outgoing mail and drove away in an SUV, according to police documents. Investigators then became aware of a similar incident that occurred at a different Arizona post office.
During the course of the investigation, it was learned that other mail theft incidents happened in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. The suspect in those cases matched the suspect description in the Arizona incidents.
Witnesses were able to get a license plate number from the suspect vehicle during one of the local thefts and the vehicle was tracked to a hotel in Phoenix. Inside the vehicle, police officers noticed blue clothing that looked like a mail carrier uniform. Two people were then taken into custody.
Inside the suspects’ hotel room, officers located dozens of checks made out to various people, police documents say.