NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A New York City postal worker has been arrested on federal charges, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from the mail she was trusted to process.

As CBS2’s Jessica Moore found out, she allegedly stole a child’s letter to Santa.

“It’s sad. The public trusts you to do a certain job and you take advantage of that,” the suspect’s neighbor said.

People in Rochdale Village, Queens were shocked to hear that one of their neighbors was allegedly pilfering from the post office.

“Things go missing and you don’t know what to do. You complain to the store you bought it from and you don’t realize it’s your mail person, so that’s actually very surprising,” Max Reid said. CBS NY