SCARSDALE: Police Impound Car Used By A Mail Thief That Sped Away And Escaped From Them

Early in the morning a Scarsdale police officer noticed a car on School Lane stopped at a stop sign for a long period of time.

When the officer approached, the car driver sped off, struck a tree and continued to drive away recklessly.

Officers located the car abandoned a short distance away. A check of the area for occupants yielded negative results.

Police found stolen mail from several jurisdictions inside the abandoned car, along with materials, a belt and sticky rat traps, used to “fish out” mail from mailboxes.

The car was impounded and processed.

Report suspected mail losses to Postal Inspectors by calling 877-876-2455 or at www.uspis.gov