Posted on 05/13/2024 9:16:38 AM PDT by DFG
A postal carrier who federal prosecutors said was caught on camera stealing cash, lottery tickets, gift cards and other items from the mail in western New York has avoided a prison sentence.
After community members in Rochester complained to the U.S. Postal Service that “their mail had been tampered with,” surveillance cameras were installed in the employee’s delivery vehicles and recorded her from January 2022 to November 2023, according to court documents.
On 38 separate occasions, the mail carrier was seen rifling through nearly 90 pieces of mail she was meant to deliver along her route, court documents said.
After opening envelopes, prosecutors said she ripped them up, tossed them out of her vehicle, or resealed and delivered them.
During one shift, she stole cash from two envelopes, which she then ripped up, before putting the money into her wallet on Feb. 28, 2022, according to an affidavit. That same day, she opened two more envelopes, kept a lottery ticket found inside, and resealed both pieces of mail, the affidavit says.
Other items she stole from the mail included ticket stubs and documents, according to prosecutors.
In January, the 40-year-old Rochester woman pleaded guilty to theft of mail matter by an officer or employee, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of New York.
On May 10, a federal judge sentenced her to serve two years probation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a news release. Prior to sentencing, she faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, according to prosecutors.
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“A postal carrier who..was caught on camera stealing cash, lottery tickets, gift cards and other items from the mail...”
She was performing her ‘sacred duty’ as a mail carrier.
this 100% should be jail time.
I always heard that the postal inspectors don’t mess around with stuff like this.
She is lucky that she did not walk around the capitol on 1/6
She is getting her “reparations”.
Protected class. No prison time for committing (repeatedly!) a Federal crime.
I didn’t even need to look at the surveillance picture to know.
38 times and she got 2 years probation.
No wonder crime keeps getting worse.
https://towncriernews.blogspot.com/2021/11/never-mail-mail-in-ballot-deliver-it.html?m=1
85% of carriers are registered gimmecrats
Never mail a ballot
[During one shift, she stole cash from two envelopes]
I know someone who had $50 cash stolen from her birthday card.
It HAD to be a postal employee. Hope they fry ‘em.
And then the worthless usps profusely apologized to her for the inconvenience, promoted her to management and offered her several million dollars to help her recover from the trauma.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdny/pr/former-rochester-mail-carrier-pleads-guilty-theft-mail
announced today that Marlene Cruz, 40, of Rochester, NY, pleaded guilty to theft of mail matter by officer or employee, before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa.
Any mail sent to her goes to the shredder at the Post Office.
She does not deserve that which she attacked for others.
Wait ‘till she gets a lawyer and gets her government job back.....complete with back pay, resored vacation, sick leave and any overtime she would have been eligible for.
Crazy talk you say? I worked for the Department of Defense for over 30 years and I saw that exact scenario play out more than once.
EXACTLY!!!!
We no longer are a “ Nation of Laws” as Donald Trump often says!
“Marlene Cruz” pleaded guilty of theft
“There’s the problem right there.”
The story went out of it’s way to omit her name.....I can only imagine.
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