Post office custodian indicted for mail theft

9/4/2009

A woman who worked as a contract custodian in a Toledo post office has been indicted in federal court for stealing mail.

Toledoan Kimberlee Brownlee, 44, is charged with theft of mail. According to the indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Toledo on Wednesday, Ms. Brownlee stole from the Wernert Station Post Office from Dec. 16 through Jan. 6. The stolen items were greeting cards and gift cards and the currency that they held.

If convicted, Ms. Brownlee faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.