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"Concord police said more than a hundred homes, mostly on the city's east side, were targeted by mail thieves overnight into Tuesday.Click to view News 9's report.The thieves went box by box, grabbing what they could, taking anything of value, and discarding the rest.\u201CRight now, we believe that they were primarily going through gift cards and packages and were removing or looking for any type of gift cards or cash, or in some cases, actual merchandise that may have been mailed from whomever or wherever,\u201D said Lt. Timothy O\u2019Malley of the Concord Police Department.Police said Monday night's rain may have kept more than a few homeowners from picking up their mail.That, combined with the high volume of gifts on the move before Christmas, gave the thieves a perfect opportunity to strike.Due to the high number of mailboxes targeted, investigators believe more than one person was involved.\u201CThe police have recovered a large quantity of mail, we have begun sorting it out. We're going to try to reunite what we can to the residents. Also, police have been in touch with U.S. postal inspectors. They\u2019re aware of this and we may be doing more follow-up with that agency,\u201D said O\u2019Malley.Some neighbors reported a truck that seemed out of place Monday night, but other than that tip, there is no description of the vehicle involved in the thefts.Anyone with information is urged to call the Concord Regional Crime Line at 603-226-3100."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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