Stolen Mail Discarded As Suspects Fled: Newtown Township Police

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA —The Newtown Township Police Department on Thursday identified a black Mercedes Benz traveling in the area that was wanted for mail thefts in Montgomery
County earlier in the week. The vehicle fled into New Jersey while discarding mail onto the Scudder Falls Bridge, police said.

According to police, victims throughout the Delaware Valley were identified from the discarded mail. And police in Newtown have been in contact with the known victims from Newtown Township, which were in the Woods of Saxony development.

Anyone in the area who placed a personal check in their mailbox on July 11 should monitor their accounts, police said.

Mail thefts have been on the rise throughout the area. "We ask that if you must mail a personal check, that it be handed directly to a mail carrier or dropped off inside the post office. The suspects often target the USPS blue boxes and personal mailboxes with a raised flag.

"Don’t become a victim and protect your identity by protecting your mail," police said.