Surveillance video captures bold mail truck break-in near San Pablo

The Brief

  • Surveillance video captured a suspect using what appeared to be a crowbar to break into a U.S. Postal Service truck in the Rollingwood neighborhood near San Pablo and steal mail while the carrier was making deliveries.
  • U.S. Postal inspectors say the suspect may be linked to other mail thefts in the area, adding that break-ins involving postal trucks happen regularly across the Bay Area and often target checks, credit cards and other valuables.

SAN PABLO, Calif. A postal truck break-in was caught on surveillance video Monday morning in an East Bay neighborhood.

The theft happened around 10 a.m. in the Rollingwood neighborhood near San Pablo.

Video shows a Lincoln Nautilus SUV slowly backing up to a U.S. Postal Service truck while the mail carrier is out on the street delivering mail.

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