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tiggs95 — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:18:21 GMT

ridge is just to smart for the Post Office..Have to mark his address off for stealing at his house..Darn it all...

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rdgrnr — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:51:16 GMT

<br />I've mentioned this before but it bears repeating: Always take a white envelope when you buy a greeting card because the postal employees look for the colored envelopes for greeting card cash or gift cards to steal.

Original Blog Entry: Postal Worker Caught With 450 Stolen Gift Cards

truesee — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:23:01 GMT

Postal Worker Accused Of Stealing Hundreds Of Gift Cards

About 450 Cards Recovered At Time Of Arrest

POSTED: 3:22 pm EDT April 21, 2010

UPDATED: 3:30 pm EDT April 21, 2010

BALTIMORE -- A U.S. Postal Service worker has been charged with theft after authorities said hundreds of gift cards were stolen.

Andrew C. Walsh, 51, of snip eysville, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for theft of mail by a postal employee.

U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein and Joanne Yarbrough, of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Investigations, announced the arrest Wednesday.

According to an affidavit, greeting cards at a processing and distribution center on East Fayette Street had been opened, with their contents removed, numerous times since January.

The recovered mail fluctuated between approximately 20 to 100 rifled greeting cards each night, totaling approximately 1,200 victims to date, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Walsh was arrested Tuesday night, and authorities said about 450 stolen gift cards were recovered from his vehicle.

Officials said Walsh was an acting supervisor at the processing center and worked night shifts.

Investigators worked with victims whose mail had been rifled and identified Walsh as the suspect.

Walsh had his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon.

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