The Philadelphia Police Department and the U.S. Postal Inspectors are investigating several reports of checks being stolen from a mailbox on the unit block of Gravers Lane in Chestnut Hill. Police reported finding open envelopes on the ground near the mailbox with included checks missing. The people who had placed the mail were notified by police that their checks had been stolen.
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