Barrington police said they’ve taken numerous reports of mail theft over the last two months.
Barrington police say they’ve taken numerous reports of mail theft over the last two months.
In many cases, criminals engage in “check washing,” a form of fraud that entails altering a legitimate check by using chemicals. The thieves make the checks to themselves and fraudulently cash them, police said this week.
Such thefts are occurring in other towns across the area, they added.
In a video posted to the Barrington Police Department’s Facebook page last month, Detective Sgt. Lori Allsteadt said the reports of stolen mail have come from both post office locations in town. The first report was Dec. 13 from the Barrington Commons location and from a mail box on the north side of town, she said. The criminals pried open the mailboxes and removed the mail.
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