February 01, 2016

using fishing poles to steal mail

Thieves are using fishing poles to try and steal mail out of mailboxes.

THE BRONX (PIX11) -- They were fishing for stolen mail, but they ended being the ones who got caught — by cops.

Three suspects were arrested last week after officers observed them hanging around mailboxes on a number of corners in the Bronx early in the morning.

NYPD released a picture of the "fishing poles" they were using to try to snag mail — and whatever money and valuable information might be in it.

In the Bedford Park and Norwood sections of the Bronx, neighbors have been advised that suspects are taking water bottles, tying a string around them, and covering them with sticky glue or fly paper to fish envelopes from mailboxes.

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