Postal employees charged with stealing mail

Two people from Northeast Ohio were charged wtih mail theft by a postal employee, said Steven M. Dettelbach, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio.

Indicted are Joseph W. Dixon, III, 36, of Parma, and Tiffany C. Miller, 26, of Cleveland.

The indictment against Dixon charges that, while he was a Postal Service employee, he stole mail from a Postal Service collection box in Brook Park.

A separate indictment against Miller charges that, while she was a Postal Service employee, she stole mail from Postal Service collection boxes in Cleveland and an envelope addressed to a resident of Euclid.

If convicted, the defendants’ sentences will be determined by the court after review of factors unique to each case, including the defendants’ prior criminal record, if any, the defendants' roles in the offenses and the characteristics of the violations.  In all cases the sentence will not exceed the statutory maximum and in most cases it will be less than the maximum. 

These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Justin Seabury Gould.  The cases were investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of Inspector General.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.  A defendant is entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government’s burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.