Overview

• Detectives traced a Houston-registered vehicle captured on FLOCK Safety license-plate readers back to The Cross Church in Wylie.
• Officers arrested Viorel Velcu at a Wylie traffic stop on July 27 and booked him into Collin County Jail on mail theft and unlawful use of criminal instrument charges.
• The probe began on July 6 after staff at The Cross Church reported that the mailbox in the parking lot had been pried open multiple times.
• Velcu also faced an outstanding warrant from Flower Mound police for mail theft, suggesting he may have targeted multiple sites across the Dallas Metroplex.
• Wylie Police Department officials praised interagency teamwork and are collaborating to deter further mailbox crimes and explore new charges against Velcu.