Apartment resident arrested after rifling through building mail, stealing packages

An Eden Prairie apartment resident has been arrested for suspected mail theft after taking packages from his building's mailroom.

Police were called to an apartment complex on April 16 by a manager who said a package had been taken.

"Earlier that day a resident had told the manager she was missing a package," the department said. "When the manager went into the mailroom, he noticed several packages had been opened."

Video footage of the mailroom identified the culprit as a resident of the complex, who was observed entering the mailroom wearing a full face mask, and is observed opening around 15 packages, leaving the room with eight.

Two days later police obtained a search warrant for the suspect's apartment, and found an item of clothing that the man was wearing during the theft.

"In addition, they found an empty Amazon box with a different apartment number on it and the item missing from the original theft complaint," police said.

The suspect was arrested and is facing two felony counts of mail theft.

Note: The details provided in this story are based on law enforcement’s latest version of events, and may be subject to change.