A Houston postal worker was arrested after investigators say they found property-tax checks intended for a school district inside his Range Rover. Eurey Dewayne Smith, 33, was taken into custody on October 27 after finishing his shift at a U.S. Postal Service facility on Town and Country Way, according to KPRC 2.
Smith faces a Texas state jail felony mail-theft charge. A sworn criminal complaint alleges that he took mail containing checks with the intent to facilitate forgery, and he worked at the same postal facility where Spring Branch Independent School District received mailed tax payments.
Prosecutors say the wider investigation has identified more than 220 compromised property-tax checks totaling over $4 million. They told the court Smith could face additional, more serious charges as investigators continued examining the payments…