Man arrested for stealing community mailbox, welder in Visalia, police say

Wednesday, June 28, 2023
VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- A suspect was arrested Wednesday for a string of thefts in the South Valley.

The Visalia Police Department says a community mailbox was stolen on Cecil Court near Leila Street in the early morning hours of May 22.
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Nearby home surveillance cameras caught the suspects under the mailbox before lifting it and putting it into the back of a pickup truck.

Detectives say they later identified one suspect as 28-year-old Steven Blackford.

On the evening of June 19, officers responded to someone stealing a welder from Lowe's on Mooney Boulevard.
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The theft was also caught on camera, which investigators say helped them identify the suspect as Blackford.

Blackford has been booked for two counts of grand theft.
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