We got a note from Dan, who tells us that suspicious cars have been seen stopping at mailboxes in Greenwood, and he’s found mail scattered around the neighborhood.

This morning I returned two sets of mail that were scattered in the neighborhood. One set of mail had the medical bills in them but the checks were gone. This was happening around Evanston to Greenwood Ave and 90th and the blocks around there.

He also says GAIN (Greenwood Aurora Involved Neighbors) North sent out a message on the same subject:

An SUV at 11 PM at 110th and Phinney was driving slowly and stopped at our mailbox stand which we can see across the street. We’ve never noticed this before, so my husband went out to investigate and saw that the car also stopped at other mailbox stands up the street.

Has anyone else seen this, and where?

We got a note this morning from Margaret:

This morning I found open packaging and mail. Some mail was not opened but the holiday cards clearly were. This looks like it was all stolen from people’s porches and mail boxes.

These items came from addresses in the 92nd-95th blocks in the Dayton Ave N, Evanston and N 92nd area. Packaging was Amazon. I will be making an attempt to contact the addressees on the envelopes this evening, 12/23/09.

I called the non emergency police # and was told they could not do anything about the items I found until the owners made the report. I can be contacted by email at mwilliamson9750@hotmail.com.

We just got this note from Mary, about someone stealing their outgoing mail.

Thought I’d drop a line about outgoing mail stolen from our mailbox last night–principally *all* our addressed and stamped Christmas cards, complete with personal notes to my loved ones. My husband put them out for the letter carrier last night before bed (we live at 68th and Phinney) and they were gone by the time we got up in the morning. Someone is clearly going through looking for money inside (they won’t find any). Aaargh! I’m trying to maintain a sense of humor about this, but there is something deeply disturbing about picturing our holiday newsletter, card w/picture of my children, etc, being pawed through by some lowlife.

Note to neighbors: do not put outgoing mail out for the letter carriers! Like everything else around our homes, it is being watched.