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LaPorte letter carrier charged after 11,000 pieces of mail found in a ravine

Stan Maddux Times correspondent Apr 10, 2018

LAPORTE — A letter carrier has been charged with allegedly paying a man to dispose of an estimated 11,000 pieces of mail he chose not to deliver. He was also hanging on to another 6,000 or so pieces, court records show.

Kristopher Block, 39, of LaPorte, was charged Tuesday in LaPorte Circuit Court with level 6 felony official misconduct and Class A misdemeanor theft.

According to court documents, the U.S. Postal Service investigation began when a deputy with the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office discovered more than half of the undelivered mail in a ravine in February 2017. The ravine was in a wooded area off Wilson Road outside New Buffalo.

It was later determined the now frozen bundles of mail originated from the U.S Post Office branch in LaPorte.

According to court documents, LaPorte Postmaster Phillip Ward determined Block was the carrier assigned to deliver each of the discarded pieces.

Initially, Block denied the allegations but when he was shown 150 pieces of the recovered mail, he stated, "Looks like I’m going to jail," court records disclosed.

Block told investigators he took home the mail he couldn’t deliver before his shift ended and paid a man $50 per bundle to burn them.

He said this occurred on a regular basis for several months, whenever he fell behind and ran out of time to deliver it, authorities said.

After he was questioned, authorities said, Block returned to the post office with tubs containing about 6,000 pieces of undelivered mail from inside his residence.

An estimated 11,000 pieces were recovered from the ravine.

Court documents did not specify if the mail was actually set on ?re after being placed in the ravine.

LaPorte County Deputy Prosecutor Frank Rodriguez declined comment. Ward and others tied to the case were unavailable.

According to court documents, early attempts to contact the man Block allegedly paid to destroy the mail were not successful.
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