Man accused of stealing $600K in checks from U.S. Mail
Associated Press— One man is in custody and more arrests are expected after Lafayette Police say they caught someone stealing as much as $600,000 in checks from U.S. Beau Alexander LaFleur, 28, faces 19 counts of monetary instrument abuse, 15 counts of theft, 14 counts of forgery, two counts of identity theft and one count each of bank fraud and illegal carrying of a weapon, police said in a news release. Green said Thursday that detectives “conducted an operation” on Coolidge Street near Travis Street based on several thefts of mail from Postal Service drop boxes. Green said officers made a traffic stop on LaFleur’s vehicle and found “several pieces of mail” which police believe he stole from the drop boxes. We want the community to know that the thefts are occurring only from the blue United States Postal drop boxes, not individuals’ mail boxes.”
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