Two Admit Stealing Mail in Chesterfield

ST. LOUIS – Two men have admitted stealing mail from mailboxes in Chesterfield, Missouri. 

Christopher Ali Pate, 31, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of mail theft. Eryk Campbell, 28, pleaded guilty to the same count on February 20. Both men admitted stealing mail from multiple mailboxes in Chesterfield on Aug. 28, 2023, at the direction of Pate. Pate and Campbell then drove to a gas station in St. Louis. When a police vehicle drove onto the gas station lot, Pate and Campbell fled and refused to stop for police. As they drove, they threw stolen mail out of the vehicle.

Pate is scheduled to be sentenced June 27. Campbell is scheduled to be sentenced May 21. The mail theft charge is punishable by up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, or both.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cort VanOstran is prosecuting the case.