Check's in the mail? Reward offered after postal collection box stolen in Phoenix

Published August 17, 2010 6:33pm EDT | Updated November 17, 2014 1:18pm EST

PHOENIX – Maybe the check REALLY was in the mail.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for help in finding out who stole one of those iconic blue mail collection boxes late Monday or early Tuesday in north Phoenix.

It was recovered — empty — early Tuesday near Interstate 17.