A 31-year-old Belle Rive resident has been sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay restitution to her victims after pleading guilty to a federal charge of theft of mail by a postal service employee.
The US Attorney’s Office for Southern Illinois reports Casey Neal was working as a substitute sales and distribution clerk at the Belle Rive, Dahlgren, and Macedonia Post Offices stole over $300 worth of cash and gift cards from greeting cards that were sent through the three post offices.
Prosecutors say the Jefferson County woman used some of the gift cards to purchase money orders to pay her personal creditors.
After being alert to the thefts, investigators located other gift cards from retailers and restaurants which Neal had stolen from the mail.
