Brett Beauchamp, Theft of Mail by Postal Service Employee, Rhode Island 2013

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In a shocking case of postal worker thievery, Brett Beauchamp, a 29-year-old former U.S. Postal Service carrier from Woonsocket, Rhode Island, was sentenced to three years of federal probation, fined $3,000, and ordered to pay restitution for stealing from mail he was supposed to deliver.

According to court documents, the investigation began after customer complaints of tampered with or missing mail. On November 8, 2011, agents from the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General performed a live test and surveillance of Beauchamp while he was delivering mail in Woonsocket. The agents were alerted by a beeper that indicated Beauchamp had opened a test greeting card.

Agents confronted Beauchamp and retrieved 28 rifled greeting cards and letters from the rear of his Postal vehicle. They also recovered $100 in cash from Beauchamp, $65 of which was from a test greeting card and an additional $35 that Beauchamp admitted to having removed from other mail he opened that day.

Beauchamp pleaded guilty on October 16, 2013, to theft of mail by a Postal Service employee. He resigned his position as a Postal carrier prior to today's sentencing hearing before U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell, Jr.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard W. Rose. The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General is commended for their efforts in bringing Beauchamp to justice.

The full text of the U.S. Attorney's statement can be found at http://www.justice.gov/usao/justice101/. For more information, please contact 401-709-5357 or USARI.Media@usdoj.gov.

Grimy Times will continue to follow this case and provide updates as more information becomes available.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ri/pr/former-us-postal-carrier-sentenced-probation-fined-ordered-pay-restitution-theft-mail