Man Stole Mail from Numerous Residents, Police Say

A 24-year-old Quakertown man is facing theft and receiving stolen property charges after Springfield Township police say he allegedly stole mail from the mailboxes of numerous residents along Rt. 212 Wednesday.

In a post on the department’s Crimewatch pagepolice said officers were called to the area after a resident called and said she suspected that a white male who was walking along the road had stolen her mail.

Police said they subsequently made contact with Peter Henry Benjamin Myers, searched him and discovered that he “had multiple pieces of mail and packages belonging to different residents in the area (in his possession).”In a post on the department’s Crimewatch pagepolice said officers were called to the area after a resident called and said she suspected that a white male who was walking along the road had stolen her mail.

“Most of the mail was identified and returned to the proper owners, however there are still a few items of which the police department could not determine (an) owner,” police said.

Among those items are:

• T-shirts
• DVDs
• Race Star items
• An iPhone 7 hard case
• A bottle of potassium chloride

Anyone in the area who is expecting a delivery of one of these items should contact the Springfield Township Police Department at 610-346-7600.

Stealing mail is a federal offense, and is punishable by a fine, imprisonment of up to five years, or both, according to U.S. Code › Title 18 › Part I › Chapter 83 › § 1708: Theft or receipt of stolen mail matter generally.