A man who stole a van from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City and burglarized a post office in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to burglary of a U.S. Post Office and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut.
Leon Clinedinst, 37, pleaded guilty in federal court in Bridgeport, Connecticut on September 3, 2020. He is facing a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
A letter carrier who allegedly stole gift cards from the mail has been indicted for mail theft, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
Thomas J. Joslin, 57, of North Syracuse, was a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service from at least 2015 to 2019.
A postal worker who admitted to stealing valuable items from the mail and selling them for cash at pawn shops has been sentenced to time served, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York.
John R. Elbayeh, 44, of Albany, NY worked as a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Albany for 6 years. According to court records, Elbayeh was targeted for surveillance because of allegations that he was stealing mail.
Updated: January 6, 2020
On November 7, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York announced that a former postal employee had been indicted for stealing iPhones and other valuable items from the mail.
John R. Elbayeh, 43, of Albany, was a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Albany from December 2012 to December 2018.
According to court records, Elbayeh was targeted for surveillance based on allegations that he was stealing mail.
On June 14, Josefina Salas, 66, of the Bronx, New York, pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of obstructing the passage of the mail pursuant to a plea agreement with the government. She faces a maximum sentence of 6 months in prison, up to $5,000 in fines, and possible restitution.
According to the criminal complaint, Salas worked as an elevator operator at the U.S. Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center at 341 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. She has been employed by the USPS since 1999. Salas’ annual salary was $58,252 according to data from FedsDataCenter.com.