Louis, Missouri and recently relocated to Austin. Smith told investigators he and Hamilton were from St. 30 “within minutes” of stealing an arrow key in Round Rock, according to the complaint.Ī handgun retrieved from a car driven by Hamilton was purchased by Mosquera in a private sale using the fake name “Chris Santana.” Investigators also found checks with the payee name changed to Smith’s name. Hamilton and Rangel were arrested on Sept. This week, federal investigators arrested Mosquera and Smith. 4 robbery of a USPS letter carrier in Leander, according to the federal criminal complaint.Īt a separate apartment connected to Mosquera on Crossing Place in Austin, investigators found a handgun, loaded rifle magazines “consistent with the weapons seized” from his other apartment and mail that had been shredded.Īn apartment complex on Spectrum Drive in Austin where federal investigators busted an alleged mail-theft ring. Inside Smith’s bedroom, investigators found more stolen mail along with the arrow key from the Dec. In a separate apartment at the same complex, rented by Smith and Hamilton, a “significant number” of stolen personal and business checks mailed from Leander were found. At Mosquera’s apartment located at a complex on Spectrum Drive in Austin, USPIS investigators found “at least” 11 semi-automatic rifles, two semi-automatic pistols and one ore more stolen checks. 13, federal investigators raided three Austin apartments linked to the suspects. In the most recent case from last week, the mail carrier screamed for help, and the two suspects ran away when one or more witnesses came to her aid. 9, according to the new criminal complaint signed Dec. Surveillance videos, rental car records and license plate camera data led federal investigators to Mosquera and Smith, who are also linked to an attempted “arrow key” robbery in Round Rock as recently as Dec. Thieves using USPS master key to steal mail in Leanderįlyer offering reward for suspects in Leander USPS arrow key mail theft (Courtesy USPIS) The USPIS previously sent out a flyer offering a $150,000 reward for information leading to the suspects’ arrest. In that case, the mail carrier reported two men demanded he “give up the key” and “ripped” it off him. All four face federal charges of mail theft, robbery and illegal possession of USPS master keys, called “arrow” or “universal.” The group is accused of stealing the master keys from a letter carrier in Round Rock in September and again in Leander on Dec. Postal Inspectors worked tirelessly with our law enforcement partners, including the Austin Police Department (APD), and used every investigative tool at our disposal to identify and arrest the individuals responsible for these criminal acts.”įederal investigators accuse Camren Hamilton, Christian Mosquera, Cody Smith, Jonathan Rangel and other unnamed “conspirators” of being part of a criminal mail-theft ring. “When a robbery does occur, it receives the highest level of response and attention. “Protecting USPS employees is part of the core mission” of the US Postal Inspection Service, US Postal Inspector and public information officer Silvia Torres said in a statement. If you think you are a victim of mail theft, contact local law enforcement and the United States Postal Inspection Service.AUSTIN (KXAN) - Federal authorities busted a mail-theft ring in Austin and recovered a cache of weapons and stolen checks linked to the robberies of at least two US Postal Service mail carriers, and the attempted robbery of a third less than a week ago, according to newly filed federal court records obtained by KXAN. ![]() ![]() If you are going out of town, submit a mail hold order to pause your delivery of U.S. Do not allow your mail to sit overnight in mailboxes.Sign up for Informed Delivery so that you will be notified about mail that the USPS expects to deliver to your mail receptacle.If you witness someone going into a collection box or mail delivery receptacle during non-postal work times, contact your local police, and notify postal inspectors at 87.Avoid depositing mail during the night, Sundays, and federal holidays. Each box has dispatch times printed on a label, and it will point you to the location for the latest pickup time in your area. If using the Postal Service’s outside blue collection boxes, never deposit mail after the last dispatch time.If that is not feasible, the next safest way is to use the inside collection slots that deposit mail directly into the post office. ![]() Mail is through your local post office window service counter.
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