Authorities are urging Cibolo residents to be on alert after a string of mailbox thefts and vandalism over the past week.

SAN ANTONIO – Residents in a San Antonio neighborhood on the far West Side are outraged at the number of times their mailboxes have been broken into. The resident, a veteran who asked not to be identified, said he initially had a camera installed on his property facing the mailboxes on Arrowhead Trail to watch for the person delivering the mail. “I usually check it every day, and this time when I check it, I noticed the back of the mailbox was open,” the veteran said. He reaches in and gets some mail and gets in his truck and he is gone!”Neighbors said they’ve been hit several times before. “I hope it stops them and it forces the Postal Service to replace these old 30-year-old mailboxes that are easy to pop open with more secure mailboxes.