East Texans Guilty of Stealing Mail
Posted/updated on: February 4, 2011 at 3:45 pm
TYLER – Two East Texas men have pleaded guilty to possessing stolen mail in the Eastern District of Texas. Nicholas Adam Hale, 22, of Kilgore, and Justin Eric Yanez, 23, of Troup, pleaded guilty to possessing stolen mail Thursday in Tyler before U.S. Magistrate Judge John D. Love.
According to prosecutors, on Nov. 12, 2010, Hale and Yanez drove to various locations in and around Whitehouse, Texas and removed mail from private mail receptacles. The mail which they stole contained checks written in various amounts and 20 DVD movies, among other items. According to authorities, an observant Whitehouse resident notified the Whitehouse Police Department of Hale’s and Yanez’s suspicious activities, which led to their arrest that same day. Hale admitted to committing other postal thefts in East Texas in November and December 2009. Hale and Yanez face up to five years in federal prison. Sentencing dates have not been set.
