$4,000 property tax check taken from mail and altered, Butler County deputies say

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after someone stole a property tax payment.

On Saturday, deputies were called to a home near Northwest 10th Street and Northwest Tawakoni Road northeast of Benton.

A property owner reported that someone had intercepted a check that was mailed to the county to pay their property tax bill. They had removed the intended recipient from the payee line and added someone else’s name, according to the sheriff’s office…

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