Passed-out driver had post office master keys, stolen credit cards, CA cops say

Officers checking on a driver found passed out in a vehicle parked next to community mailboxes discovered post office master keys, stolen credit cards and hundreds of pieces of stolen mail, California police reported.

Officers found the 1993 Jeep Cherokee with the engine running at 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, April 23, Hemet police said in a news release.

When officers woke the man behind the wheel, they spotted lockpicking tools, credit cards and a brass key marked U.S. Post Office property, police said.

A search of the Jeep also turned up a baggie of methamphetamine, stolen debit and credit cards, and hundreds of pieces of stolen mail from Hemet, Temecula, Murrieta, Winchester, Menifee, South Gate and Compton, police said.

Police found EBT, debit, credit and insurance cards. They also found a total of four post office master keys used to unlock mailboxes, police said.

Officers arrested Naythan Story, 42, on charges of possessing stolen property, possessing burglary tools, possessing methamphetamine and possessing access cards, police said.

Detectives are working with the U.S. Post Office to investigate. They ask that anyone with information contact 951-765-2423 or paguila@hemetpd.gov.

Hemet is about a 45-mile drive southwest from Palm Springs.

This story was originally published April 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM with the headline "Passed-out driver had post office master keys, stolen credit cards, CA cops say."