HALL COUNTY, Ga. — Some Hall County residents may have lost their income tax returns after thieves stole mail right from the post office.
Police said the crooks raided collection boxes in Gainesville.
Channel 2's Berndt Petersen spoke to neighbors who say it was a couple of blue boxes that were broken into.
Most of them told Petersen they believe the box is very secure but they admit thieves always seem to find a way.
Postal inspectors are investigating.
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When Dana Erwin has to mail something important, she told Petersen she cuts out the "middle man.''
"I'd rather drop it off at the Post Office rather than my mail box at my house. It seems safer," she said.
But police in Hall County say thieves spoiled that strategy. They say that at the post office on Green Street in Gainesville, somebody broke into the blue collection boxes in front of the facility and stole the mail.
It happened the weekend before the income tax deadline.
The U.S. Postal Service has replaced the old boxes and installed a large, new one.
The feds say if anybody believes their mail was stolen, to report it to postal officials.
"I'll definitely be checking to see if that check has cleared," Erwin said.
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