SALT LAKE CITY – There’s a renewed push from federal investigators to track down mail thieves and prosecute them, and it was a busy holiday season for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Utah.

Friday, they announced the arrests of several suspects for mail theft.

Investigators say Michael Rucker and Britney Knight followed a mail truck in a Cottonwood Heights neighborhood and stole packages from porches.

The pair allegedly sped away from police in their vehicle, nearly hitting elderly pedestrians on December 16.

Darren Jensen was arrested at a laundromat after police found him going through duffel bags full of stolen mail. He told police he was looking for money and gift cards to buy meth. He faces 13 counts of mail theft and possession of meth.

Misty Angell is accused of stealing mail from mailboxes in Magna.

“There’s these people out there in society, real world society, who are ‘Grinches’ and there are people like the ‘Whos’ down in Whoville,” said John Huber, U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah. Read more