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California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief

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California woman fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief

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News@lemmy.world · 3 months ago

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A California woman tired of packages being stolen from her post office mailbox mailed herself an Apple AirTag to track the thieves.

The woman had had several items stolen from her mailbox at the Los Alamos Post Office already when she thought of the idea, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Law enforcement tracked the AirTag to a block in Santa Maria, about 16 miles (26 kilometers) from the post office and arrested two suspects — a 27-year-old woman from Santa Maria and a 37-year-old man from Riverside.

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And it takes them 6 months to even acknowledge the police report exists after you submit a FOIA request for it, but shipping insurance requires it to pay you anything.

Take a guess what my experience has been

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