Worley Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft

Twilla Marie St. Pierre, 39, of Worley, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday to theft or receipt of stolen mail matter, admitting she stole checks from a victim’s post office box at the U.S. Post Office in Worley. The crime, prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson, marks another hit against financial fraud in North Idaho.

St. Pierre was indicted by a federal grand jury in Coeur d’Alene on April 19, 2016. According to her plea agreement, she and co-defendant Delbert Lee lifted the mail on or about May 28, 2015. The stolen items included checks payable directly to the victim — a targeted theft that reeks of personal betrayal.

St. Pierre admitted she knew the mail was stolen because she or Lee took it directly from the victim’s box. No digital breach, no phishing scam — just old-school thievery executed with cold intent. The act wasn’t random; it was deliberate, hands-on, and federal.

The charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to three years of supervised release. No plea deal details were disclosed, but the stakes are clear: theft of mail isn’t petty crime. It’s a federal offense with teeth.

Sentencing is scheduled for January 18, 2017, before Chief U.S. District Judge B. Lynn Winmill at the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene. St. Pierre will face judgment in a courtroom that has seen its share of small-town greed and quiet corruption.

The case was cracked by the Coeur d’Alene Tribal Police and the FBI. It’s part of a broader crackdown under President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force, which has prosecuted over 10,000 financial fraud cases in three years. For updates, visit www.stopfraud.gov.