Ex-NJ Postal Clerk Admits Taking $100K In Baseball Cards, Signed Jerseys: Feds

CLIFTON, NJ — A former clerk at the Clifton Main Post Office has admitted to stealing more than $100,000 in sports memorabilia from packages meant for a local auction house, officials said.

Federal officials said Shelby Dozier, 34, of the Bronx started working at the post office in the summer of 2022. Soon after he started, a number of packages meant for the auction house "went missing," according to Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Vikas Khanna.

The unnamed auction house specializes in selling trading cards and sports memorabilia, officials said.

Dozier stole at least 10 parcels addressed to the company between September and December of 2022, officials charged — all containing "valuable" collectibles that he sold off himself, either to individuals or collectible stores.

This included 17 autographed jerseys, multiple Michael Jordan cards, and an autographed Willie Mays baseball card, a Postal Inspector wrote in court documents. The stolen parcels also contained a number of graded sports cards featuring current and former NBA and NHL players, and Pokemon cards as well, court documents show.

Earlier this week, Dozier pleaded guilty to a federal charge of theft of mail by a postal service employee. He also agreed to pay $108,692.49 in restitution, officials said.

He faces a maximum potential sentence of five years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. Sentencing is set for April 22.