IL Postal Carrier Dumps Mail & Steals 117 Checks Worth $40K

What's that old saying about the mail, neither sleet, snow, or rain will stop delivery, well unless, the postal carrier steals it.

Trusting Your Neighborhood Postal Carrier In Illinois

The residents and businesses in Illinois have a deal with the postal workers. They use the post office to send mail and the carriers deliver it to the requested destination. This is nothing new in the industry. It requires trust from both sides. For the most part, it has worked pretty well. Unfortunately, on occasion, a bad seed ruins it for everyone.

Nightmare Scenario For Users Of The Illinois Post Office

There's a good chance you've been through this sometime in your life. You send an important letter or maybe even a payment in the mail. It doesn't arrive in the expected amount of time. Then you immediately start to panic. Of course, your first thought is that it's lost or stolen. Most of the time, it was just delayed. Unfortunately, in some cases, it's taken.

Illinois Postal Carrier Arrest For Stealing Mail

According to patch.com,

An Elmhurst postal carrier was arrested this week in connection with stealing checks from businesses and residents on his route, authorities said Wednesday.

 

Keevon Dockery, 22, of Chicago, was charged with five counts of identity theft and one count of aggravated identity theft. All charges are felonies.

 

The local police followed the suspect. They witnessed him take off from work and dumps mail at a nearby park. After his shift, they pulled him over—he had about $20,000 worth of stolen checks. With further investigation, they figured out he had taken 117 checks totaling $40,000.

Think about all those poor kids that didn't get their birthday cards and checks from grandma.