LEAGUE CITY, Texas (KTRK) -- A mailman is behind bars after he allegedly stole the very correspondence he was supposed to deliver.

According to the League City Police Department, 46-year-old Richard Ybanez of Bacliff was taken into custody on Thursday following an investigation into the suspected mail theft.

Investigators with League City and the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General received a tip about Ybanez about a week ago.