A few years ago , I had a similar thing happen. I put my trash out and someone went through even the bag of dog poop to get to the "other" stuff. When I called the police just to give them a heads up that this was happening... all they would say is "once its at the curb its no longer theft".I still shake my head that someone would dig through the dog poo...to try to find info. It makes me crazy that I have to spend $$( shredder) to get rid of stuff I never wanted in the first place ( credit card applications).