Cincinnati man pleads guilty to conspiring to steal mail from USPS collection boxes, faces 4 years in prison

CINCINNATI - DuJuane L. Samuels, 25, of Cincinnati, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to conspiring to commit mail theft.

The plea agreement includes a recommended sentence of 48 months in prison.

According to court documents, at 3am on March 11, Samuels unlawfully possessed a postal key, which he used to access mail collection boxes on Cornell Road in Cincinnati.

Samuels stole mail from the boxes, including a GPS device that was monitored by the United States Postal Inspection Service.

The GPS data led investigators back to Samuels's residence on Republic Avenue in Cincinnati.

During a subsequent search of the property, agents discovered a stolen USPS arrow key, a firearm and numerous stolen checks.

Samuels was indicted on March 25.

Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and Lesley Allison, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Pittsburgh Division announced the guilty plea entered today before Senior U.S. District Judge Timothy S. Black. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy S. Mangan is representing the United States in this case.

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