Going Postal On The GOP? Kansas Mail Carrier Charged With Stealing Thousands Of Letters A federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a rural route carrier on Election Day for stealing 4,404 pieces of mail, nearly 400 of them political mailers that were all for Republican candidates or Republican-affiliated PACs , according to a release from the U.S.
Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas. Kelly R. Cram, 59, of Baxter Springs, was charged with one count of unlawful secretion, destruction and delay of mail. The indictment says she worked as a rural route carrier at the post office in Pittsburg, Kansas, and was placed on administrative leave on October 7, 2026.
Prosecutors allege that beginning in October 2026, Cram took mail meant for customers in and around Pittsburg and kept it in her garage. Agents who searched her residence found no mailers for candidates of any other party , the release says.