SPOKANE, Wash. - A suspected thief walked away with thousands of dollars after using a key that unlocked a crime spree across Spokane County.

Brian Hayden allegedly went on a crime spree of mail theft for nearly five months, going through Spokane County and mainly targeting Greenacres and Spokane Valley.

Federal investigators say he targeted large group mailboxes, stealing hundreds of pieces of mail from May to the beginning of October.

His weapon was a small key police found in his front pocket when they arrested him. The key is called an arrow key and is designed to mimic the master key that mail carriers use to unlock almost every mailbox in the country.

But Hayden wasn't delivering mail. He was stealing it, investigators say

Checkbooks, bank cards, and personal information - he al

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