New Jersey
Evesham Township Police and USPS investigate mail thefts in Marlton, New Jersey
MARLTON, N.J. (CBS) — Mail is missing in Marlton. Police say they have seen a significant increase in mail-related fraud cases this summer.
Thieves are after your hard-earned money and if you don’t pay attention it could cost you thousands.
Evesham Township Police say they have fielded about 20 complaints of mail theft since June. The mail is being stolen from the blue collection drop boxes behind the post office and in the neighborhoods.
“Someone is obviously keeping an eye on it and getting into it successfully,” one person said.
A monthly credit card payment one woman put in the mail nearly wiped out her bank account. She says she dropped a check into a collection box behind the Marlton post office in July but quickly learned the check was stolen.
She asked us to hide her identity because her name and address are still out there.
“Our check we wrote for this company showed up with someone else’s name and a different amount but still our signature on it,” she said.
CBS News Philadelphia learned she is one of about 20 victims across the Marlton area.
Investigators are not detailing how the mail is being stolen from the collection boxes but they say thieves are primarily looking for checks. Many times, they wash the checks with chemicals to remove certain information.
“I don’t know if they have cameras on that mailbox but they better get one,” Gene Mosca said.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service says if you believe a check was stolen through the mail, contact your bank or credit card company right away. They also encourage you to submit a complaint online and recommend dropping off your mail and any checks or payments inside the post office.
“I just think it’s safer just to go inside,” Mike Berry said. “Since I just found out about this, I’m going to continue to do that.”
“Some people are reporting that they have multiple bills missing still that are not accounted for, that’s scary that their checks are floating out there,” she said.
Here’s another tip, routinely check your online banking to make sure everything adds up.
Evesham Township Police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service say they are actively investigating these mail thefts.
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N.J. pulls funding for Jersey City French museum project, calling it 'no longer viable' • New Jersey Monitor
State officials have yanked funding for a planned French art museum in the heart of Jersey City after determining the project is no longer viable, according to letters obtained by the New Jersey Monitor.
The state Economic Development Authority sent a letter Saturday to the president of The Centre Pompidou museum in Paris telling him the North American location Pompidou wants to open in Jersey City’s Journal Square section will not receive the tens of millions in aid New Jersey has promised. Lawmakers have reallocated state funds previously set aside for the Jersey City Pompidou outpost, a state official wrote in a separate letter to the head of the Jersey City agency overseeing the project.
“Due to the ongoing impact of COVID and multiple global conflicts on the supply chain, rising costs, an irreconcilable operating gap, and the corresponding financial burdens it will create for New Jersey’s taxpayers, the Legislature has rescinded financial support, leaving us to determine that this project is unfortunately no longer feasible,” Economic Development Authority chief Tim Sullivan wrote in a Saturday letter to Laurent Le Bon, the Pompidou’s president.
In the other letter, sent Saturday from Michael Greco, deputy executive director of the Department of State, to Jersey City Redevelopment Agency chief Diana Jeffrey, Greco asked the agency to return $6 million the state department has given for the project but has not been spent yet. The $24 million lawmakers had allocated in the 2024 budget and the $18 million the was part of the 2022 budget has been returned to the state’s general fund, the letter says.
“Based on the Legislature’s actions, there is no longer any State support available for this project,” Greco wrote.
The state’s decision to reassign funds meant for the museum, called the Centre Pompidou x Jersey City, is not a surprise. The city’s mayor, Steve Fulop, went public in April with claims that New Jersey officials were taking funding away from the Pompidou to retaliate against him for retracting his endorsement of first lady Tammy Murphy’s now-scuttled bid for the U.S. Senate.
Fulop is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor next year.
Jersey City and Pompidou officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The Economic Development Authority has acknowledged it had doubts about the financial viability of the Jersey City Pompidou project, citing a $19 million hole in the museum’s operating budget. Jersey City had been hoping for a $2 million annual subsidy for the museum, but that will not happen, Greco’s letter says.
Jersey City has until Aug. 1 to return the $6 million provided by the Department of State, the letter adds.
The Centre Pompidou x Jersey City plan has long been criticized by Republicans, who opposed using state funds for it. As Sullivan and Fulop traded barbs over the funding last month, Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to the state urging the funding to go toward a “more responsible purpose.”
The museum was originally slated to open in early 2024, but that was pushed to as late as 2027. When city officials announced plans for the museum in 2021, they said it would reinvigorate Journal Square and transform it into an arts, entertainment, and tourism hub.
In the letter to Pompidou’s president, Sullivan commends its staff for their collaborative work and says he hopes to continue strengthening the “economic and cultural bond” between France and New Jersey. He added he is disappointed by the outcome.
“While the door on this particular project has now been closed, we are eager to explore possibilities of opening new doors, with our partners in France, in the years to come,” he said.
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