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A row of post office boxes, where one has been forced open. | Karin Hildebrand Lau | Dreamstime.com
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Joivian Tjuana Hayes, a U.S. Postal Service supervisor in Costa Mesa, California, has pleaded guilty to theft of mail matter by a Postal Service employee and unlawful transfer, possession, and use of means of identification. Hayes reportedly stole between $300,000 and $324,000 in checks, gold, money orders, and collectible coins and currency, including a $10 Confederate States of America bill. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.