Monday June 06th 2011@3:22pm ( concerned about security of mail box)

  A bit ago i received two very disturbing  letters in my mail box they had been  opened and resealed but wer in my mail box… The weird thing is that   when I  was going to check my  mail… I found  on my key ring the extra key that I  had  made and had  origionally given to  various roommates for  getting mail and on the key ring.. was not the original key… my original key… strange right?    so if someone  tampers with mal… it is a federal offense… right? when they take mail out of yoru box.. what if they put mail into your box?   I’ll have to check on that one and get back to you and post it when i find out….

Title 18, United States Code, 1701 covers obstruction of mail.
http://trac.syr.edu/laws/18/18USC01701.h…

“Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the
mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”

Title 18, United States Code, 1708 covers theft of mail.
http://trac.syr.edu/laws/18/18USC01708.h…

“Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains,
or attempts so to obtain, from or out of any mail, post office, or
station thereof…”
“Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

Question:

    S Federal crime. Illegal to open mail that is not addressed to you or to
    remove mail from anyone else’s mailbox without their permission.

    Look at the USPS.com website for links to Postal Inspectors and what they do to protect the mail.