United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana
12/13/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/13/2024 14:55
Former Postal Employee Guilty of Delaying and Stealing Contents of U.S. Mail
Press Release
Former Postal Employee Guilty of Delaying and Stealing Contents of U.S. Mail
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 4, 2024, RANDY BROWN, JR. ("BROWN"), age 31, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, pled guilty to the four-count indictment filed against him. BROWN is charged with unlawful delay of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a), and theft of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
According to court documents, between on or about July of 2022, through October 4, 2022, BROWN unlawfully secreted, detained, and delayed U.S. mail, entrusted to him as a postal employee; and on September 26, 2022, September 27, 2022, and October 3, 2022, BROWN did knowingly embezzle, steal, abstract, and remove checks from U.S. mail, entrusted to him as a postal employee.
At sentencing, as to Counts 1-4, BROWN faces a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised release. BROWN also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for each individual count.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Troy L. Bell of the Violent Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Contact
Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
Updated December 13, 2024
Topic
Public Corruption
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