Caught on camera: Katy business owners set up surveillance video to catch mail thieves

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KPRC 2 Investigates mail theft. It is a growing crime costing people and businesses tens of thousands of dollars. Investigator Amy Davis has an update to a Katy case we showed you more than two months ago.

The mail theft was so bad at the Provincial Professional Park in Katy that business owners spent thousands of dollars of their own money to catch the thieves on camera... and they did. Then, the postal inspection service let them go. You can probably guess what’s happening now.It’s 2:45 a.m. on October 6. Most of us are sleeping, but one guy is helping himself to the mail at this cluster of boxes at a Katy business park on Kingsland Boulevard.

Frustrated with repeat mail thefts a Katy woman set up hidden cameras. After noticing a pattern, law enforcement caught thieves in the act. Now, months later, thieves are back to work in this neighborhood.Albergo is one of the hundreds of law enforcement officers sidelined in 2020 when the postal service benched the entire force and said they only have jurisdiction on postal service property. While postal police are confined to post offices, this is happening more and more.

 

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