FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	CONTACT: Lauren Horwood
March 5, 2012	PHONE: (916) 554-2706
www.usdoj.gov/usao/cae	usacae.edcapress@usdoj.gov
Docket #: 1:11-cr-00379-AWI 1:11-cr-00380-AWI

                FRESNO, Calif.-- United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that Jerry Jay Her, 31, of Fresno, pleaded guilty today to participating in two separate conspiracies to commit postal crimes. The guilty pleas were entered before Chief United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii.
   
                In the first case, U.S. v. John Vang et al., 1:11-cr-00379-AWI, Her pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess postal locks, counterfeit postal keys, and stolen mail from over 50 victims.  Her also admitted that he and his co-conspirators altered checks stolen from the mail by removing the original payee’s name from the check in order to defraud individuals or financial institutions of money or property.  The three other defendants in this case, John Vang, Xiong Vang, and Travis Chieng, have also pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to commit postal crimes; they are scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Ishii on May 7, 2012.   
   
                In the second case, U.S. v. New Kee Xiong et al., 1:11-cr-00380-AWI, Her admitted to conspiring to steal mail from a community mailbox in the Fresno area, and to conspiring to possess counterfeit postal keys and stolen mail.  Her also admitted to his role as a leader of the conspiracy and that he attempted to cash at least one check stolen from a U.S. mail receptacle. 

                This case is the product of an extensive investigation by United States Postal Inspection Service.  Assistant United States Attorney Grant B. Rabenn is prosecuting the case.

                Her is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Ishii on May 21, 2012.  The maximum statutory penalty for conspiracy is five years and a $250,000 fine.  The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court after consideration of any applicable statutory factors and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which take into account a number of variables.

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