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Fair Lawn Detective Makes Arrests In Separate Check-Fishing Mailbox Thefts Fair Lawn Detective Makes Arrests In Separate Check-Fishing Mailbox Thefts
Fair Lawn Detective Makes Arrests In Separate Check-Fishing Mailbox Thefts Amid a rash of thefts from postal boxes throughout North Jersey, a Fair Lawn police detective arrested two women who authorities said cashed checks fished from two of them. For years, police and U.S. Postal Inspection Service agents have been flooded with reports of mail either fished from postal boxes or snatched after they were pried open. In several cases, cash was taken or checks cashed. Three months ago, a resident told police two checks mailed from a postal box outside a Plymouth Park shopping center on Saddle River Road were endorsed by a stranger. Detective Paul Donohue tracked dow…

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by Jerry DeMarco