{"id":16750,"date":"2016-10-22T09:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T14:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=16750"},"modified":"2016-10-22T09:22:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T14:22:45","slug":"video-billings-police-investigate-reports-of-mail-theft-including-absentee-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2016\/10\/22\/video-billings-police-investigate-reports-of-mail-theft-including-absentee-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Billings police investigate reports of mail theft, including absentee ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/KTVQ.images.worldnow.com\/interface\/js\/WNVideo.js?rnd=729858112;hostDomain=www.ktvq.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=12843581;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'><\/script><a title=\"KTVQ.com | Q2 | Continuous News Coverage | Billings, MT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvq.com\">KTVQ.com | Q2 | Continuous News Coverage | Billings, MT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"WNStoryDateline\" style=\"display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 5px 0px 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">BILLINGS &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">The Billings Police Department is investigating recent reports of mail theft, including some absentee election ballots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">In a press release issued Friday, Lt. Neil Lawrence said there have been about 10 reported mail thefts in the past week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Additionally, a number of residents have recently contacted the Crime Prevention Center office to report mail thefts,\u00a0but did not file an actual police report, Lawrence said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Officer Tom Keightly, Billings Crime Prevention Officer told Q2 News the incidents have been spread across Billings, from the west end, to the Heights and the city&#8217;s north side. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvq.com\/story\/33448006\/billings-police-investigate-reports-of-mail-theft\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; padding: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15506\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/theft.jpg\" alt=\"theft\" width=\"315\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/theft.jpg 315w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/theft-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KTVQ.com | Q2 | Continuous News Coverage | Billings, MT BILLINGS &#8211; The Billings Police Department is investigating recent reports of mail theft, including some absentee election ballots. In a press release issued Friday, Lt. Neil Lawrence said there have been about 10 reported mail thefts in the past week. 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