Marchello Wilbon, 34, of West Palm Beach, entered a guilty plea yesterday before U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II to the one-count indictment charging him with mail theft, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708. (Case No. 19-80119-CR-Ruiz). The defendant faces up to 5 years in prison, and up to $250,000 in fines on the charge when he is sentenced on Dec. 13, 2019.
Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Sean Scheller, Chief of Police for the Town of Lantana, Florida, and Lesley Allison, Acting Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division, made the announcement.
According to court documents, including the indictment, criminal complaint and factual proffer in the plea agreement, on July 15, 2019, at approximately 8:30 am, a Lantana resident who lives on S.E. Atlantic Drive placed letters containing 39 checks with face value of approximately $171,599 in the mailbox located outside the resident’s home for pick up by the U.S. Postal Service. Wilbon was charged with stealing the mail, containing the checks, from the resident’s mailbox.
U.S. Attorney Fajardo Orshan commended the investigative efforts of the Lantana Police Department, and USPIS. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Lauren Jorgensen.
Related court documents and information may be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
