Lamor Runell Bolden, 27, of Buffalo, New York, has been sentenced to two years’ probation with six months of home detention for his role in a mail theft conspiracy. U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. handed down the sentence after Bolden was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail theft.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright, on October 2, 2024, Bolden worked with Eric Michael Robinson and Antonio Jones, Jr. to steal mail from receptacles in Cheektowaga, New York. The group also possessed a key that allowed them access to authorized mail receptacles.
The incident took place at around 1:00 a.m., when Bolden drove with Robinson and Jones to a mail facility in Cheektowaga. Robinson was driving while Bolden and Jones were passengers. After parking behind blue collection mailboxes outside the postal facility, Bolden and Jones exited the vehicle. Jones used the stolen key to open the mailboxes and remove mail while Bolden kept watch. They then returned to the car and left the area.
Law enforcement stopped their vehicle shortly afterward and discovered various pieces of opened and unopened mail inside. Bolden admitted that he and his co-conspirators had used the stolen key at other locations throughout the Western District of New York.
Antonio Jones, Jr. and Eric Michael Robinson have already been convicted in connection with this case.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division, led by Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Nicholas J. Bucciarelli, along with assistance from the Cheektowaga Police Department under Chief Brian Coons.
