TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A woman who ran a small Kansas post office has been sentenced to probation after she allegedly stole gift cards from the mail.
Stacy A. Vasko was sentenced Tuesday to three years of probation, 40 hours of community service and ordered to pay $200 in restitution. She pleaded guilty in federal court to misdemeanor obstructing mail. She originally was charged with two counts of mail theft by a postal employee, The Wichita Eagle reported.
At the time of the thefts, Vasko was living in Salina and was the only postal employee at the Brookville post office, which was open just four hours a day.
The investigation began in February 2019, when a greeting card containing a $200 gift card arrived at its destination taped shut after being opened and without the gift card.
A Postal Service investigator determed that Vasko had used the gift card at Walmart in Salina.
In April 2019, the investigator sent a mailing that contained a $55 Visa card and a $25 Walmart gift card to the Brookville station. Days later, Vasko used the Walmart card in Salina, she admitted in her plea deal.
