The Billings Police Department is investigating recent reports of mail theft, including some absentee election ballots.
In a press release issued Friday, Lt. Neil Lawrence said there have been about 10 reported mail thefts in the past week.
Additionally, a number of residents have recently contacted the Crime Prevention Center office to report mail thefts, but did not file an actual police report, Lawrence said.
Officer Tom Keightly, Billings Crime Prevention Officer told Q2 News the incidents have been spread across Billings, from the west end, to the Heights and the city’s north side.
Keightly confirmed that some of the missing mail involves ballots that had been filled out, and were waiting to be picked up by the postal service..