USPS Mailbox Fire in Phoenix Damages 20 Ballots; Arson Suspect in Custody

Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego announced on Thursday that police have arrested a suspect in a mailbox fire that damaged 20 mail-in ballots. “Thanks to swift action by @PhoenixPolice, @PHXFire, and federal partners, we have arrested the suspect involved in this incident,” Gallego posted on X. The arrest marks the latest development in a fast-moving investigation involving a yet-to-be-named suspect allegedly lighting a fire inside a drive-up collection mailbox at a USPS station early Thursday morning. The Phoenix Fire Department told media outlets that it responded to the scene at 1:20 a.m. on Oct. 24, after an arsonist set fire to the USPS mailbox that was located near a post office near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road in Phoenix....