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From The Hill: Several ballots were damaged after a USPS blue collection mailbox was lit on fire in Phoenix, Ariz., according to the Phoenix Fire Department.
Captain Rob McDade, a spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department, said that an unknown individual set a fire inside a blue drive-up mailbox located at 3905 North 7th Ave in Phoenix, damaging electoral ballots and “additional” miscellaneous mail. The fire department forced the box open and extinguished the fire, according to McDade.
The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) told The Hill the postal inspectors are investigating the incident, adding that they have recovered the mail and other contents of the box, which includes election ballots and other mail.
The local election commission is working with the postal inspector to “ensure any affected election mail is remedied and that other mail is routed to the appropriate parties,” according to USPIS.
RAWS ALERTS shared a Fox10 news report video and announced:
Phoenix Fire Department and police officials in Phoenix Arizona are currently investigating after a United States Postal Service mailbox was reportedly set on fire overnight, damaging a number of mailed-in ballots. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze, but investigators were later seen going through pieces of burned mail.
Approximately 20 electoral ballots were damaged, along with other miscellaneous mail. The Postal Inspector has since taken possession of the damaged items. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but the Phoenix Fire Department’s Arson Investigation Taskforce, along with postal inspectors and police, is conducting a criminal investigation.
🚨#BREAKING: Arson investigators are investigating after over a dozen ballots were damaged in a fire inside a UPS mailbox.
Phoenix Fire Department and police officials in Phoenix Arizona are currently investigating after a United States Postal Service… pic.twitter.com/t2WIVv35XL
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) October 24, 2024
Police announced Thursday afternoon that a suspect has been arrested in the incident.
Thanks to swift action by @PhoenixPolice, @PHXFire and federal partners, we have arrested the suspect involved in this incident. https://t.co/DRkqz06All
— Mayor Kate Gallego (@MayorGallego) October 24, 2024
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