Global Courant 2023-05-17 03:01:20
A former U.S. Post Office employee in Delaware who stole more than 100 packages from the mail in a matter of months will not serve jail time.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced 33-year-old Jasmine Holloway to six months of house arrest, followed by two years’ probation. That was the sentence recommended by both federal prosecutors and Holloway’s public defender. Holloway was also ordered to pay more than $32,000 in restitution.
Holloway pleaded guilty to four charges last year mail theft by a postal workera crime carrying a maximum sentence of five years on each count.
According to court records, Holloway worked at the post office in Marshallton from 2019 to 2021. The post office is just down the street from a reshipping company that helps customers ship packages abroad.
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No prison sentence is given for a former postal worker who stole more than 100 packages.
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According to authorities, Holloway has learned that the post office has received a large quantity of electronic devices destined for the shipping company. She had also been given an access code to disable the Marshallton facility’s alarm system.
In August 2021, after moving to a different post office, Holloway began using the passcode to enter the Marshallton facility after hours, according to court documents. She opened packages addressed to the shipping company, took the electronic devices and sold them to third parties.
Prosecutors said Holloway stole 17 different data packages in a theft scheme involving at least 120 victims, including 80 in Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan. Some thefts were caught on surveillance cameras by investigators after the shipping company filed a series of complaints with the Inspector General’s Post Office about missing and empty packages.
Prosecutors said Holloway’s crime was serious and a betrayal of public trust, but that her limited criminal history and compliance with the terms of her parole warranted house arrest rather than jail time. They noted that she had found a new job and continued to care for her three children.
