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KENOSHA, Wis. — The Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office dismissed a criminal charge June 22, 2021, against a mail carrier accused of helping himself to a package containing two pairs of women’s underwear. Evan D. Quirk, 28, of Salem, had been charged with misdemeanor theft of mail, which carried a maximum sentence of nine months in jail.
According to the criminal complaint, a Somers woman placed the outgoing package in her locked mailbox June 24, 2020, for delivery to a customer in Mississippi. The woman sold her undies through a website called Sofia Gray and valued the package’s contents at $30. When the customer reported that the package never arrived, she contacted the post office and was told it had not been processed.
The woman told investigators that Quirk also contacted her through the underwear-selling website seeking to make a purchase. During subsequent text messages, he identified himself as her mailman and revealed that he knew her exact address, which car she drove and where she parked. She had not provided him with her last name or address, making his familiarity with her daily life considerably less reassuring than a delivery confirmation.
Quirk acknowledged collecting the package but denied opening or stealing it. He told investigators that he placed it in an outgoing-mail bin in his truck and took it to the Kenosha post office for processing. He also said he contacted the woman through the website before realizing she lived along his route.
The woman told deputies that the encounter frightened her. She sought a restraining order against Quirk, but Commissioner Elizabeth Pfeuffer denied the request.
The Postal Service allowed Quirk to continue delivering mail throughout the criminal case. When the charge was dismissed, he was still working for Uncle Sam.
Kenosha County Eye was told that Quirk’s mother was a supervisor at the post office. When KCE sought answers, the postmaster referred us to a public relations firm, which referred us to a postal inspector. After all those referrals, no one answered our questions.
Although the criminal charge was dismissed, Quirk was ordered to pay $30 in restitution for the two pairs of unmentionables. No word on whether that included the added value of their being used.
Editor’s note: This story was updated on October 22, 2026, at 10:15 p.m. to correct grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.
