Suspected mail thieves nabbed on Hayden Lake Road

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people Wednesday suspected of stealing mail from mailboxes on Hayden Lake Road.

Someone called deputies around 9:45 a.m. Wednesday to report a suspicious vehicle with two people who appeared to be taking mail from mailboxes. A deputy located the car near Hayden Lake Road and Honeysuckle Avenue and pulled it over, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.

Deputies found mail from 35 different residences in addition to a checkbook stolen from Spokane, a dozen cellphones and 15 credit cards believed to be stolen. A large amount of drug paraphernalia also was found, according to the news release.

Coeur d’Alene resident Jodi L. Eisenhart, 46, and Spokane resident Jesse James Melvin, 31,were arrested on multiple felonies connected to the mail theft and drug possession.

Editor’s note: Melvin gave deputies a false name when he was arrested and his deception was not immediately discovered. The false name was originally included in this story, which was edited to include the correct name on April 20, 2017.