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Ex-Worker For USPS Contractor Admits To Stealing From Government Facility In Connecticut Ex-Worker For USPS Contractor Admits To Stealing From Government Facility In Connecticut
Ex-Worker For USPS Contractor Admits To Stealing From Government Facility In Connecticut A former worker for a United States Postal Service towing contractor has admitted to stealing more than 40 tires from a USPS maintenance facility in the region.  Steven Knox, age 45, of New Britain, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Nov. 2, to theft of government property, according to Leonard Boyle, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. In the early hours of May 19, about 43 tires were stolen from the tire shed of a USPS vehicle maintenance facility in Hartford, Boyle said.  Surveillance footage showed a pickup truck pulling up to the shed at about 1:30 a.…

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CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders
CT USPS Employee Sentenced For Stealing $40K In Money Orders A Litchfield County postal worker was sentenced to five years of probation for embezzling nearly $40,000 in postal money orders, according to the office of United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut John H. Durham.  Keith Sanford of Litchfield, 33, allegedly issued 139 postal money orders worth $39,937.02 in total to himself and his associates between April and December of 2018.  Between July of 2017 and December of 2018, Sanford was employed by USPS and cycled between post offices in West Granby, Granby and East Hartland.  Probation was extended to Sanford on th…

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by Christina Coulter