Slidell Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty To Theft of Mail

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that BRIA DAVIS, age 25, of New Orleans, Louisiana, entered a plea of guilty yesterday before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to Theft of Mail by an Officer or Employee of the U.S. Postal Service.

According to court documents, DAVIS was a U.S. Postal Service Postal Support Employee/Sales Distribution Clerk at the Slidell Post Office, and worked at the retail window counter and performed a variety of tasks including Postal sales, delivering mail to customer P.O. Boxes, and assisting customers with P.O. Box related business.  After an investigation by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service, it was determined that on various dates from September 2016 to January 2017, DAVIS stole several pieces of mail containing checkbooks, gift cards, cash, and checks.  Postal agents also discovered approximately ten additional articles of stolen mail in DAVIS’s personal vehicle.

DAVIS faces a maximum penalty of five (5) years imprisonment, followed by up to three (3) years of supervised release, and a $250,000.00 fine.  Sentencing before Judge Barbier has been scheduled for June 27, 2019.

The case was investigated by special agents from the U.S. Postal Service, Office of Inspector General (“USPS-OIG”).  Additionally, the Slidell Police Department assisted the USPS-OIG in the DAVIS matter.  The prosecution of the case is being handled by Assistant U. S. Attorney Brian M. Klebba, Supervisor of the Financial Crimes Unit.