Mail Bags With Checks Inside Stolen, Colorado Suspects Arrested

(CBS4) - The U.S. Postal Inspection Service for Colorado and Wyoming says David Gilmore and Kathleen Johnson -- a man and a woman from Colorado -- were arrested in Arkansas with a stolen postal key. They also allegedly had several bags of stolen mail.

Several personal checks, a tax refund check and a federal stimulus check were found in the mail, USPIS says. Johnson is from Aurora while records show that Gilmore is from California.

Gilmore, 31, and Johnson, 40, appeared before a U.S. Magistrate Judge on Wednesday. They were stopped on June 17 by the Arkansas Highway Police. That's when police found the bags of mail -- none of which, officials say, was addressed to the suspects.

They could face up to 15 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. Both suspects pleaded not guilty.