Neighborhood alert: Truck seen near Arbor Heights mailboxes

This may well be coincidental, as the person who e-mailed us acknowledges, but given the recent reports of apparent mail theft in Arbor Heights (here and here), she wanted to share this information:

Tonight, around 11:30 pm, I saw a white pickup truck stopped in front of mailboxes on 40th Ave SW between 100 St SW and 98th St SW [map] heading North. The truck has loud exhaust and looked clean. Seattle Police have been notified, but also count on West Seattle Blog for a lot of important information.

Police have said repeatedly that if you see something suspicious happening NOW – even if you’re not sure it’s an emergency – go ahead and call 911, and leave it to the operator to properly route.

just say no to identity theft February 11, 2010 (7:53 am)

We live on 35th between 98th and 99th and had our mail stolen at least once (probably more times) within the last number of months. We knew this because w-2’s and a few documents we were waiting for never arrived. We finally filed a police report and changed all our accounts. what a pain and we felt violated as we are still not entirely sure what was taken (other than the things that we know never arrived). Please be vigilant and use a door mail slot or a locked mailbox. These thieves keep coming back to our neighborhood because they are succeeding in getting peoples mail.

Westside J. February 12, 2010 (12:09 am)

Just say no- I live on 35th @97th.. And Im pretty sure I’ve had a few things taken as well.. I know it’s not much, but I try to keep a an eye open for suspicios stuff in the neighborhood.. So Im with ya.

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