The former publisher of the Gettysburg Times has pleaded guilty
to mail theft.
The FBI accused Harry J. Hartman, 54, of stealing packages from the Gettysburg Post Office between May 2023 and August 2024, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The stolen packages were supposed to go to the Gettysburg College Print Center and Post Office, according to federal authorities. The United States Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Postal Service – Office of Inspector General investigated Hartman’s case.
Keli M. Neary is scheduled to sentence Hartman at 2 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Sylvia H. Rambo United States Courthouse in Harrisburg.
In the meantime, Hartman must surrender his passport, not possess a firearm or other weapons, not consume alcohol excessively and report to the U.S. Probation office.
He must also forfeit any property that was either stolen or purchased with any funds obtained from the proceeds of the stolen goods, including but not limited to approximately 100 items of personal property, including clothing, DVDs, books, toiletries, jewelry, shoes and miscellaneous items
According to
The Gettysburg Times
, Hartman was a publisher with the paper since it was bought by Sample News Group on Feb. 1, 2013. He first told Gettysburg Times owner George Sample that he was facing imminent indictment on federal mail theft charges in August 2024 and was suspended from his position and subsequently dismissed, the newspaper reported.
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