The Northern District of Georgia announced a federal prison sentence for a former postal carrier who pleaded guilty to possession of stolen mail. DOJ said the investigation concerned checks and gift cards taken from mail on a postal route in the Smyrna area.
The case primarily concerns financial mail and postal employee misconduct, not stolen doorstep packages. It is included as related mail-security context and should never be categorized as porch piracy.
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