Crime & Safety
FL Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Mail, Bank Fraud
A St. Petersburg man used a stolen key to break into U.S. Postal Service collection boxes and steal mail, the U.S. DOJ said.
ST. PETERSBURG, FL — A St. Petersburg man pleaded guilty to four counts of bank fraud and six counts of mail theft, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.
Diamondric Artag Berry, 30, faces up to 30 years in prison for each bank fraud count and up to five years for each mail theft count.
A sentencing date hasn’t been set yet.
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Berry, working with others, broke into U.S. Postal Service collection boxes on multiple occasions, usually at night, using a stolen postal service key between January and June 2024, the DOJ said.
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He stole the mail from the boxes and opened it to remove contents with value, including debit cards, credit cards, gift cards and checks.
Berry and his accomplices altered the payee on the stolen checks and fraudulently deposited them, the DOJ said. They victimized hundreds of people and stole more than $380,000.
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