PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Duquesne, PA, has been sentenced in federal court to fifteen months’ imprisonment and a three year term of supervised release, on his conviction of conspiracy and mail theft, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Ron Matthew Sharp, 42.
According to information presented to the court, from February through May of 2018, Sharp, along with his co-defendant Christopher Carr, entered multiple apartment buildings in the Shadyside and North Oakland areas of Pittsburgh, and opened United States Postal Service packages or other mail items that were not addressed to them, stole packages, and stole items from within packages that had been left at authorized mail depositories. Defendants stole items from more than 40 victims, filling up trash bags, duffel bags, and backpacks with their loot. Defendants then provided items they had stolen from the mail, including gift cards, to others, who redeemed the gift cards at various locations, including Giant Eagle and GETGO. Defendants also re-sold, and instructed others to attempt to re-sell, items defendants had stolen from the mail. Christopher Carr is scheduled to be sentenced on March 12, 2019.
Assistant United States Attorney Christy C. Wiegand prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
The United States Postal Inspection Service and the United States Department of Homeland Security conducted the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Ron Matthew Sharp.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
