{"id":26858,"date":"2019-07-25T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26858"},"modified":"2019-07-25T09:05:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:05:58","slug":"indictments-kansas-postal-employees-stole-from-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/07\/25\/indictments-kansas-postal-employees-stole-from-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Indictments: Kansas Postal Employees Stole From Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><b>TOPEKA, KAN<\/b>. \u2013 7\/24\/19 &#8211; A grand jury today returned indictments against two Kansas postal employees charged in separate cases with stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><b>Stacy A. Vasko<\/b>, 31, Salina, Kan., was charged with two counts of theft by a postal employee. The indictment alleged she stole gift cards from the mail. The crimes were alleged to have occurred in February and April 2019 in Brookville, Kan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">In a separate case,\u00a0<b>Timothy J. Pacha<\/b>, 28, Herkimer, Kan., was charged with one count of stealing mail and one count of destroying or detaining mail. The crimes are alleged to have occurred from January to April 2019 in Marysville, Kan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #171e24; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; 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; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">If convicted, the defendants face up to five years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. The U.S. Postal Service \u2013 Office of Inspector General investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Kenney is prosecuting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23277\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a.jpg 400w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-86x54.jpg 86w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-120x74.jpg 120w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Justice1a-378x237.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPEKA, KAN. \u2013 7\/24\/19 &#8211; A grand jury today returned indictments against two Kansas postal employees charged in separate cases with stealing mail, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said. Stacy A. Vasko, 31, Salina, Kan., was charged with two counts of theft by a postal employee. The indictment alleged she stole gift cards from the mail. 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