A Buffalo resident has been sentenced for his involvement in a mail theft conspiracy. Lamor Runell Bolden, 27, received two years of probation, including six months of home detention, following his conviction for conspiracy to commit mail theft. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr., according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright explained that on October 2, 2024, Bolden worked with Eric Michael Robinson and Antonio Jones, Jr. to steal mail from collection boxes in Cheektowaga, New York. The group also possessed a key designed to open authorized mail receptacles.
Wright stated that the three men drove together to a postal facility in Cheektowaga around 1:00 a.m. Robinson was the driver while Bolden and Jones were passengers. After parking behind blue collection mailboxes outside the facility, Bolden and Jones exited the vehicle; Jones used the stolen key to access the mailboxes and took mail as Bolden acted as lookout. They then returned to their car and left the scene.
Law enforcement stopped their vehicle shortly after the incident and discovered various pieces of opened and unopened mail inside. Bolden admitted that he and his accomplices had used the stolen key at other locations throughout the Western District of New York.
Both Antonio Jones, Jr. and Eric Michael Robinson had previously been convicted for their roles in this case.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Boston Division under Acting Special Agent-in-Charge Nicholas J. Bucciarelli, along with assistance from the Cheektowaga Police Department led by Chief Brian Coons.
