As more thieves target mailboxes, USPS providing community outreach

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Cases of thieves prying mailboxes open seem to happen in every neighborhood and it feels like it’s happening more often.
In one south Austin neighborhood off Slaughter Lane, it’s a vicious cycle. In this one particular neighborhood, the replacement cluster of mailboxes was broken into within a few days of being installed. Data from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service shows 11 break-ins of mailboxes were reported from Oct. 1 through Nov. 16 in the follow