• Twenty ballots were damaged after a USPS mailbox was lit on fire on Oct. 24 near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road.
• The damaged ballots were turned over to the Postal Inspector.
• An unidentified suspect was arrested, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said.

PHOENIX – An arrest has been made after a United States Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix was lit on fire early Thursday morning, damaging over a dozen ballots.

Phoenix Fire crews responded to the scene and extinguished the flames. Twenty electoral ballots, and other pieces of mail, were damaged in the fire.

“The Postal Inspector took possession of the damaged ballots and mail,” Phoenix Fire Capt. Rob McDade said. “The Phoenix Fire Investigations Task Force, which includes Phoenix Police detectives and Phoenix Fire investigators, are working with US Postal Inspectors.”

Phoenix Police say surveillance video from the scene was collected by investigators.

In a separate, short statement posted on her X (formerly Twitter) account, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego said the suspect involved in the incident has been arrested. In a separate statement, Phoenix Police identified the suspect as 35-year-old Dieter Bradford Klofkorn. FOX 10 Phoenix