ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) -- The former publisher of a Gettysburg area newspaper was charged Thursday with mail theft.

Harry Hartman, 54, of Gettysburg, is accused of stealing packages from the Gettysburg Post Office between May 2023 and August 2024, the Department of Justice announced Thursday.

The Gettysburg Times previously confirmed that Hartman was suspended from his role as the paper's publisher in August and then let go after the paper's parent company was informed by him that he was going to be charged.

Packages allegedly stolen by Hartman were supposed to go to Gettysburg College, Print Center & Post Office.

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The DOJ said Hartman was charged with mail theft after the investigation by the United States Postal Ins

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