Woman missing $500 in checks, blames no lock on USPS collection box – WSB-TV

Woman missing $500 in checks, blames no lock on USPS collection box  WSB-TV

The resident, who asked not to be identified, said she dropped four separate checks into a collection box at the post office and later learned the payments never reached their intended recipients. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A DeKalb County woman says more than $500 in checks disappeared after she mailed them from a U.S. Postal Service collection box in East Atlanta, raising concerns that the mailbox may have been tampered with. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] According to the woman, weeks passed before the companies contacted her to say they had not received the checks. When she returned to the post office seeking answers, she said she noticed what appeared to be problems with the collection box.

“I noticed that, hey, this thing doesn’t have a lock on here. And the other one doesn’t even have a latch or a lock,” she said. The resident said she filed a formal complaint but left frustrated because she could not determine whether the checks had been stolen or lost in the mail system. “I wasn’t happy with their service and what had happened,” she said. Channel 2 Action News contacted the U.S. Postal Service about the complaint. USPS said it forwarded the inquiry to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the agency responsible for investigating mail theft and