A pipe-like device found inside a mailbox that caused a scare when President Barack Obama was visiting this week turned out to be a fishing device used by thieves to steal mail. According to U.S.

LOS ANGELES – Police in the Palos Verdes Estates have arrested two people who they say were “fishing” for checks in U.S. Postal Service drop boxes. The pair was arrested late Saturday night on Via ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Allentown Police Department is warning residents of mail fishing scam. The department posted on Facebook asking for residents to be aware of mailbox fishing and to report any ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD on Staten Island recently issued this warning: Mailbox fishing is “on the rise.” A post by the 121st Precinct on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sunday offered tips on how ...

TREDYFFRIN >> Police are urging residents to be careful of a scam known as “mailbox fishing.” Tredyffrin police are warning the public that scammers have another trick, and this time they put ...

WATERTOWN – Following a report last week on a mailbox fishing scheme in Watertown, WBZ-TV heard from several viewers who said the same thing had happened to them. Thieves have been fishing mail out of ...

New York Post investigative reporter Isabel Vincent outside the mailbox on Sixth Avenue she had mailed two checks from, which were fished from the mail system, washed and subsequently deposited by a ...

SOMERSET, Mass. (WPRI) — Somerset police are warning residents to be careful what they put in the mail after thieves stole tens of thousands of dollars by going “mailbox fishing.” According to Chief ...

Yonkers police said they've received reports of mailbox fishing from neighboring communities and have provided tips about how to protect against it. Mailbox fishing is when someone uses a sticky ...

The appeal was brought by Omar Deleon, who was indicted three years ago on charges of attempted grand larceny in the third and fourth degrees after allegedly engaging in a so-called "mailbox fishing" ...