Lumpkin County, Ga. – An alert off-duty Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s suspicion about a male lurking around a residential mailbox on Grindle Bridge Road early Sunday morning led to the recovery of hundreds of pieces of stolen mail.

Sheriff Stacy Jarrard said the officer was not aware of the stolen mail at the time, but placed a BOLO (be on the lookout) for the man’s vehicle. Shortly thereafter, calls began coming into the sheriff’s office about stolen mail.

A Helen Police Department officer spotted the vehicle and attempted to make a stop, but the driver, Kristopher Beasley, 26 of Clarkesville, refused to stop. Beasley eventually abandoned the vehicle and led the officer on a foot chase before being captured.

Beasley is currently in the White County Detention Center where he is charged with drug possession. He is scheduled to be returned to Lumpkin County to face charges related to the mail theft.

“Just what we’ve gone through so far, there is more than 160 victims from Lumpkin, White, Habersham, Hall and Union counties,” Jarrard said Tuesday.

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