NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that on December 4, 2024, RANDY BROWN, JR. (“BROWN”), age 31, a resident of Gretna, Louisiana, pled guilty to the four-count indictment filed against him. BROWN is charged with unlawful delay of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a), and theft of U.S. Mail matter by a postal employee, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
According to court documents, between on or about July of 2022, through October 4, 2022, BROWN unlawfully secreted, detained, and delayed U.S. mail, entrusted to him as a postal employee; and on September 26, 2022, September 27, 2022, and October 3, 2022, BROWN did knowingly embezzle, steal, abstract, and remove checks from U.S. mail, entrusted to him as a postal employee.
At sentencing, as to Counts 1-4, BROWN faces a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, and up to 3 years of supervised release. BROWN also faces payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for each individual count.
The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Troy L. Bell of the Violent Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.