Kansas postal worker indicted for theft of over 4,400 pieces of mail

A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted Kelly R. Cram, 59, a postal worker accused of stealing approximately 4,404 pieces of mail intended for customers in and around Pittsburg, Kansas.

Investigators from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General report that the stolen items were discovered stored in Cram’s garage. Among the recovered mail were nearly 400 political mailers. According to the Department of Justice, these mailers were tied exclusively to Republican candidates or Republican-affiliated political action committees. Federal agents stated they found no political mailers for candidates of any other party at her residence.

Cram, a rural route carrier who has been employed by the Postal Service since May 2009, faces one count of unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail. She was placed on administrative leave following the investigation. The official release does not allege that ballots were among the items or that the missing mail altered any election results.