In upstate New York, Republican Joe Mastroianni — who is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly — is facing allegations of mail theft. And he’s refusing to address the allegations.
“I will not comment on this specific story,” he said.
Mastroianni, in that district, has been trying to unseat incumbent Democratic State Assemblyman Angelo Santabarbara. Albany’s WRGB Channel 6 News reports that Mastroianni is suspected of stealing a Santabarbara mailer, and “Ring camera videos” are being cited as evidence of the alleged activity.
Noting that “stealing mail is a federal offense,” WRGB reports, “Ring video provided by the law office of Frank Salamone, who’s also the Schenectady County Democratic Committee chairman, shows Mastroianni appears to be stealing an election mailer sent by incumbent Assemblymember Angelo Santabarbara.
A voter in Scotia retrieved the video after noticing she did not receive the item that appeared in her U.S. Postal Service informed delivery. In the Ring camera videos, the mailman can be seen delivering the Santabarbara mailer around 1:30 p.m., and then, Mastroianni can be seen walking onto the porch with a female just before 6 p.m.”
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