Crime & Safety
North Side Mail Thefts Apparently Committed Using A Master Key
Postal carriers use a master key to access mailboxes all at once in multi-unit buildings.
CHICAGO (CBS) — As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Wednesday night, thieves have been captured on surveillance video using a key that is supposed to be Post Office property only. Postal carriers use a master key to access mailboxes all at once in multi-unit buildings. So when the residents of a Clybourn Corridor area condo building caught two non-residents rifling through all 40 mailboxes, it sounded alarms.
“Clearly, they have access through a master postal key. It’s the only way you can get in if you don’t have a key fob to our building,” said condo board member John Crenshaw. “If you had a key fob to our building, we would be able to track where that fob came from.”
