New York man charged after an investigation into stolen mail in Dunmore
A Bronx, New York, man faces charges following a monthslong investigation by Dunmore police into stolen mail in the borough.
Starting in November, the U.S. Postal Service mailbox on Harper Street had been the target of multiple thefts of parcels of mail, police said.
Among the mail removed from the mailbox were paper checks that were altered and deposited for large sums of money into various bank accounts, according to a criminal complaint.
Through the investigation, officers determined an individual or individuals would place a box – coated with sticky tape and connected to a string – into the opening of the mailbox to 'fish' for mail and pull it out of the box, police said.
Two devices were removed from the Harper Street mailbox during the investigation, officers said.
Dunmore police have investigated more than 10 fraud incidents since November, with victims being defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, per the criminal complaint.
On Friday around 12:58 a.m., officers stationed on the 100 block of North Blakely Street observed two males standing near the Harper Street mailbox and witnessed them pulling a device out of it, similar to the ones seized in the past, police said.
Pierre (Courtesy Lackawanna County Central Processing)
The males fled on foot when the police approached, but officers eventually apprehended one of them, Kaden Pierre, per the criminal complaint.
During an interview at police headquarters, Pierre told investigators he took an Uber to this area with a friend of his cousin, known only as 'Jose,' officers said.
Pierre told officers the two were in the area to pick up a PlayStation 5 and that he was accompanying 'Jose' when they ended up at the mailbox, police said.
When Pierre spoke with his grandmother from the Bronx during a phone call at police headquarters, he stated he 'wasn't doing anything,' but 'Jose' was engaged in the activity the police observed, per the criminal complaint.
Officers didn't locate the device and detained only one of the males — Pierre — seen near the mailbox Friday, police said.
Police charged Pierre, 18, with possessing an instrument of crime, theft by unlawful taking, engaging in criminal conspiracy, resisting arrest, loitering and prowling at night, and theft of mail.
As of Monday, Pierre remained jailed in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 3 at 11 a.m.
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