A North Carolina man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of traveling to Virginia over and over again to steal mail from Richmond businesses.

Lareese Martelles Mallety, 25, drove from near Fayetteville to Richmond repeatedly between July and October 2018. There, he and other people broke into the mailboxes of over 70 businesses and stole their mail, according to the Virginia State Police.

Mallety had homeless people in Richmond cash the checks found in the stolen mail for him. He used a typewriter and razor blade to make the checks payable to them, VSP said. News Tribune