BUFFALO, NY – A Buffalo man was sentenced to two years’ probation for his role in a conspiracy to steal mail from mail receptacles in Cheektowaga, NY.
According to U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo, Eric Michael Robinson, 33, of Buffalo, NY, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail theft and sentenced to serve two years’ probation, to include six months home detention, by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, who handled the case, stated that in October 2024, Robinson conspired with co-defendants Lamor Runell Bolden and Antonio Jones, Jr. to steal mail from mail receptacles in Cheektowaga, NY.
As part of the conspiracy, the defendants possessed a key used to open authorized mail receptacles. On the morning of October 2, 2024, Robinson drove Bolden and Jones to a mail facility in Cheektowaga at approximately 1:00 a.m. While Robinson kept watch, Jones opened the mailboxes with the stolen key and stole mail from the mailboxes.
Bolden and Jones got back into the car, and Robinson drove away from the mail facility. A short time later, their car was stopped by law enforcement. At the time the car was stopped, various opened and unopened pieces of mail were found inside.
Robinson admits that he and his co-conspirators used the stolen key to open mailboxes at other locations around the Western District of New York.
Lamor Runell Bolden and Antonio Jones, Jr. were previously convicted and are awaiting sentencing.
The sentencing is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Special Agent-in-Charge Ketty Larco-Ward, Boston Division, and the Cheektowaga Police Department, under the direction of Chief Brian Coons.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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