Chalk this up as the one that didn’t get away.
Eric Jason Klein, 42, of Shawnee, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., to stealing mail and identities. How? By dipping sticky pest strips, attached to a fishing pole, into mail collection boxes.
He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail theft, identity fraud and forgery. Three other persons were indicted in the identity theft ring, which operated in the first half of 2001. The conspirators used the information to create false identification documents and counterfeit checks.
In his plea, Klein admitted that at least 39 times he had used another person’s identity to make purchases with counterfeit checks totaling almost $20,000.
Co-defendants Laury Louise Reed, 42; Angela Marie Stevenson, 32, of Kansas City; and Pamela Sue Holloman, 40, of Osawatomie, Kan., also have pleaded guilty in the case.
— Robert A. Cronkleton/The Star


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