{"id":21323,"date":"2017-10-19T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=21323"},"modified":"2017-10-19T08:53:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T13:53:26","slug":"idaho-postal-clerk-pleads-guilty-to-mail-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/10\/19\/idaho-postal-clerk-pleads-guilty-to-mail-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Postal Clerk Pleads Guilty To Mail Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"node-title\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; margin: 0.25em 0px 1em; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; padding: 0px; text-align: center; color: #242424; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">Nampa Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft<\/h1>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid #6d6d6d; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p>BOISE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Laura Alicia Cox, 56, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of mail matter by a postal employee, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.\u00a0 Cox was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Cox worked as a clerk at the U.S. Post Office in Melba, Idaho.\u00a0 According to the plea agreement, in June 2017, a surveillance camera at the Melba post office captured Cox opening mail that did not belong to her and removing its contents.\u00a0 Cox then put the mail contents in her employee locker.\u00a0 The video camera was installed following numerous complaints from customers of the Melba post office who reported problems with their mail.\u00a0 Cox had been employed by the U.S. Postal Service since January 1, 2000.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-19149\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Justice1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Justice1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Justice1-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sentencing is set for January 4, 2018, before Senior U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge at the federal courthouse in Boise.<\/p>\n<p>This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nampa Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft BOISE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Laura Alicia Cox, 56, of Nampa, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of mail matter by a postal employee, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced.\u00a0 Cox was indicted by a federal grand jury on August 8, 2017. 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