Mail collection box stolen in north Phoenix

[August 18, 2010]  PHOENIX (AP) -- Maybe the check REALLY was in the mail.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for help in finding out who stole one of those iconic blue mail collection boxes late Monday or early Tuesday in north Phoenix.

It was recovered -- empty -- early Tuesday near Interstate 17.

[Associated Press]

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