NEAH BAY — U.S. Postal Service inspectors are investigating the theft of $2,900 from a drawer at the Neah Bay post office on Friday afternoon.
A clerk at the post office last saw the cash about 11:30 a.m. before the post office closed for lunch, said Neah Bay Police Officer Earnest Grimes.
“When they opened the drawer again, the money was gone,” Grimes said.
The theft was reported at the post office at 130 Buchanan St. at 1:40 p.m. Friday.
The thief is believed to have jumped the counter and grabbed the bundle of bills, Grimes said.
Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the scene, along with two postal inspectors from Seattle.
Steve Watai, one of the postal inspectors, said Saturday afternoon that the investigation was ongoing and he could not comment.
