Quote of the day: When 'tweakers' started breaking into mailboxes
Michelle Meyers
Michelle Meyers wrote and edited CNET News stories from 2005 to 2020 and is now a contributor to CNET.
In a story about Arizona's dramatic growth in identity theft, officials said drug users started turning to mail theft about five years ago because it allows them to steal more inconspicuously.
"The first tip-off was that we started to see a lot of mailbox break-ins by tweakers," said U.S. attorney Paul Charlton, referring to methamphetamine users.
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