Redmond police have received 22 calls related to mail thefts this month, and on Tuesday officers arrested a 29-year-old woman who was seen rummaging through mailboxes at an apartment complex.

At approximately 3:45 a.m., a resident of the complex in the 9300 block of Avondale Road called the Redmond Police Department (RPD) and said from his window, he witnessed the suspect opening mailboxes at the complex, according to Janessa Rosick, public information coordinator for the RPD. The resident added that the suspect was sitting on a bicycle and carrying two backpacks and a fannypack.

When officers arrived on the scene, they arrested the woman without incident and the resident confirmed that she was the person he saw opening the mailboxes. She was booked into RPD and transported to the King County Jail.

Rosick said officers found mail in the suspect’s bags and that out of 10 unsecured mailboxes in that area of the complex, eight of them were empty. However, officers didn’t note if all the mail was from the complex and they were going to check with day-shift officers “to see if anything connects” with the other mail-theft cases, Rosick added.

One of the officers recognized the suspect from a car-prowl call in September, Rosick said. Just after 4 a.m. on Sept. 3, Redmond police responded to the 17700 block of Northeast 90th Street where they came into contact with the woman, who was driving a vehicle, and her 27-year-old male passenger, who was arrested for theft via car prowls after officers found several pieces of mail in the vehicle. He was booked into RPD and transported to King County Jail.

On the mail thefts, Rosick said that people should try to not send money or gift cards in the mail, and it’s helpful to have a locked mailbox.