Man Sentenced for Stealing Mail from Gretna Post Office and Possessing Postal Service Key Used to Steal Mail

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA –TERRENCE THOMPSON, JR. (“THOMPSON”), age 24, of New Orleans, was sentenced on March 18, 2026, after previously pleading guilty to Unlawful Possession and Use of a United States Postal Service “arrow” key used by Postal Service employees to access authorized mail receptacles, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1704, and Theft of approximately 232 pieces of United States Mail that had been deposited into authorized mail receptacles, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

According to court documents, on September 12, 2021, and September 20, 2021, THOMPSON stole mail from the Gretna Post Office in Gretna, Louisiana.  He was also found in possession of a United States Postal Service “arrow” key on October 5, 2021.  U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry sentenced THOMPSON to fifteen (15) months in the Bureau of Prisons, 2 years of supervised release and a mandatory $300 special assessment fee.

U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the United States Postal Inspection Service, Office of the Inspector General, the Gretna Police Department, and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter.  Assistant U.S. Attorney Jon Maestri of the General Crimes Unit is charge of the prosecution.