Experts say thieves have been targeting mail carriers to get an arrow key, which allows carriers to open any mailbox in a given zip code.

Robbers are after mail, which postal police officers say can be a treasure for thieves of checks, cash and personal ...

Often these mail carriers are attacked for their universal keys - also called arrow keys - that open cluster mailboxes often found at apartment buildings, industrial complexes and HOAs.

The mailbox keys, known as “arrow keys,” are used to open locked USPS mailboxes. Thieves are also known to sell them on the black market. The master keys are used to access mail from different ...

The criminals are stealing what's called an arrow key. They're master keys that can be used to open any mailbox in a given zip code. "It's like having a key to the city," said Albergo.

Postal Service employees retrieve mail deposited into blue collection boxes one or two times a day, using a specialized key commonly referred to as an “arrow key.” Each arrow key has a ...

USPS uses a universal key, also known as an arrow key, to open mail collection boxes, outdoor parcel lockers, cluster box units and apartment panels. Supervisors assign these keys — generally ...

The indictment accused the group of conspiring to steal mail during a seven-month period in 2024. The group acquired "arrow keys" from the postal service and then made new, counterfeit keys ...

When officials searched White’s car, they reported finding hundreds of pieces of stolen mail and packages. Investigators said they learned White had purchased a USPS arrow key from a mail ...

a mail carrier was robbed of her mailbox arrow key at knifepoint on Aug. 2 on her delivery route in Hamburg. Two months later, Village of Hamburg Police Chief Richard Schara said his department ...

“The criminals get that arrow key, and once they have it, they have access to all the mail in every blue collection box, every apartment panel, every cluster box, and every relay box,” Albergo sai ...