🌱 How did investigators uncover theft inside Oakdale’s own post office?

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• How did investigators uncover theft inside Oakdale’s own post office?

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📰 News we're reading

• Sticky Fingers: Postal Worker Caught On Camera Hiding Mail In Her Pants (blackenterprise.com) — Mail service at the Oakdale Post Office is under scrutiny after a Suffolk County postal worker was arrested on charges of stealing gift cards and other items from customers’ mail during an undercover investigation. Prosecutors say she was caught on camera using a stolen gift card and later found with multiple pieces of allegedly stolen mail on her at the Oakdale station and at her home.
   

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Wednesday December 17

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Friday December 19

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🗞 Nearby News

East Islip

• Stony Brook Children's Hospital announces program to support student mental health across local school districts (sbstatesman.com)

Islip

• Lawrence High School Speech & Debate Team Shines at 8th Annual Long Island Mentor Moot Court Tournament (patch.com)
• Another Teen Arrested In Brentwood Car Theft Involving 3-Year-Old: Police (patch.com)
• Ready to be deacons, but Long Island women wait for the Catholic Church to change (newsday.com)

Central Islip

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