Story Created:
Nov 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM EDT
Story Updated:
Nov 21, 2009 at 1:12 AM EDT
CAPE CORAL, Fla -- A local post office employee is off the job and under arrest. Investigators say she's been going through people's mail and stealing gift cards.
The postal inspector's office has charged the letter carrier with mail theft. At this point they are refusing to tell us the suspect's name or which Cape Coral post office she worked at.
"Anyone who still puts money in an envelope is probably taking a chance," said postal customer Steven Berkowitz. "But a gift card, I find that crazy."
Postal inspectors say they found several gift cards when they arrested this woman. They are now trying to determine how to send the cards back to their rightful owners.
The US Postal Service says it has suspended the letter carrier without pay while it investigates what happened.
