WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Arbor Heights community mailbox ‘trashed’

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5:47 PM: We photographed that mailbox on 40th between 102nd and 104th in Arbor Heights after a call from a reader who reported it “trashed.” He said it happened sometime in the past 48 hours, as he’d obtained mail from the box on Christmas Eve. He said he’s reported it to postal authorities and that anyone who regularly receives mail there will instead have to go to the Westwood Village post office, where it’ll be held until it’s deliverable again.

ADDED 10:50 PM: A nearby resident just sent this pic taken a few hours earlier than ours, and noted it appears the box was partly burned:

Cooper JcW December 26, 2024 (6:31 pm)

We were fueling up today at the Roxbury Safeway and noticed the Amazon locker was completely tipped over and smashed up. I wonder if someone was trying to break into it?

. December 26, 2024 (7:02 pm)

Same thing happened on December 21/22 to a USPS cluster box on 28th Ave
SW south of Roxbury Lanes. The USPS staff at Westwood Village post
office say this is happening all over.

KT December 26, 2024 (7:11 pm)

Sometimes it will take months for the repair….

Neighbor December 26, 2024 (7:53 pm)

We left home at noon Christmas Day and it was fine. We returned at 8 pm and noticed it immediately. 😡

1994 December 26, 2024 (10:24 pm)

I saw a single standing locking mailbox totally mangled at the corner of 104th and 39th which would be right around the corner from that large one in the photo above. Maybe it was the same lowlife thinking they would find goodies in the mail boxes. Get your mail daily or have your neighbor get it for you. The Post Office will hold it for you when going away.

Richard December 27, 2024 (12:31 am)

We had our cluster community mailbox broken into earlier in the year and it cost our HOA over $7,000 to replace. If you go thru the USPS to install the new cluster it will cost less.

ArborRes December 27, 2024 (8:28 am)

This morning, at around 8 am, my husband noticed that several mailboxes (any boxes that do not have locks) on 40th were left open. Same area between 106th and 104th on 40th. Our box, too. Lid wide open.

Mongoose December 27, 2024 (9:29 am)

Few days ago I noticed, what appeared to be, empty boxes, wrapping paper and a plastic garbage bag on the NW corner of 39th & 104th. I know the resident of the property that faces this corner and she would not have left all this there.

Sage K. December 27, 2024 (11:17 am)

Best thing I did was sign up for the free USPS Informed Delivery. I get an email that shows you preview images of incoming mail, plus updates about incoming and out going packages. Since I don’t get mail regularly and it’s a bit of a walk to the bank of mailboxes, this helps me to stay on top of it.

D-Mom December 27, 2024 (12:39 pm)

Whoever did this vandalism and theft is likely responsible for mail theft at 100th and 18th Ave SW. I was just walking my dog on 40th around this box and found a few pieces of drenched, opened mail from that block.