Man Steals Keys, Breaks Into CT Post Office Mail Boxes, Faces More Than Decade In Jail, Feds

A man faces over 10 years in federal prison after using stolen postal keys to break into mailboxes at post offices in Connecticut, officials said.

Holman allegedly stole mail from blue collection boxes at a post office in New Haven located at 95 Fountain St.
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Ben Crnic

06/14/2023 9:30 a.m.

Ixavier Holman Jr., age 31, of Secaucus, New Jersey, was arrested on Monday, June 12 on federal mail theft offenses, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut announced.

According to federal officials, on at least six separate incidents between December 2022 and June 2023, Holman would steal mail collection box keys and use them to take mail from blue collection boxes at the following post offices in New Haven County:

A New Haven post office at 95 Fountain St.;
A West Haven post office at 589 Campbell Ave.

Holman was arrested on Monday morning after he allegedly returned to the West Haven post office to access the collection box and steal more mail, federal officials said.

At the time of his arrest, Holman was allegedly in possession of two stolen mail collection box keys.

Holman is now charged with:

Possession of a postal key, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison;
Theft of mail, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison;
Theft of US Postal Service property, which carries a maximum of three years in prison.

Holmes appeared before US Magistrate Judge Maria E. Garcia in New Haven on Monday and was released on bond.

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