(KAIR)---The damage to just under 20 mailboxes, located in Atchison County, is under the investigation of the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office.

 According to a release from Atchison County Sheriff Jack Laurie, “deputies were notified [on Saturday] of mailboxes being damaged in the Effingham area.” Laurie, in the release, says that the initial investigation led to the discovery “that at least 17 mailboxes were damaged overnight between Farmington and Muscotah.”  

The investigation is continuing.  

In a separate probe, the Sheriff’s Office is seeking whoever’s responsible for the theft of a package from the porch of an Atchison County residence.  

Laurie, in his report, says the resident, on Friday, “reported a package stolen from the porch in the 19000 block of 298th Road.  The value of the missing package is estimated at $350.  

The Sheriff’s Office is also investigating damage committed at the Mount Vernon Cemetery.  According to Laurie, a representative of the cemetery, on Sunday, reported that a barbed wire fence, located on the east side of the property, had been cut.  It remains unknown when the damage happened.  

Anyone with information related to any of the cases should contact the Atchison County Sheriff’s Office at 913-367-4323.