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Wide angle of logo for United States Postal Service (USPS) on mailbox in Lafayette, California, September 3, 2020. (Photo by Smith Collection\/Gado\/Getty Images)<\/span> <\/p>

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ST. LOUIS<\/strong> – <\/span>A former U.S. Postal Service supervisor has pleaded guilty to stealing dozens of checks from the mail and passing them to an accomplice, federal prosecutors said this week.\u00a0<\/p>

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Benita Randle, 43, entered her guilty plea in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee.<\/p>

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Her co-defendant, John Harrison, 26, of Black Jack, Missouri, previously pleaded guilty on Feb. 10, 2026, to possession of stolen mail.<\/p>

Randle worked as a supervisor at the St. Louis Processing and Distribution Center, where she had broad access to non-parcel mail moving through the region. Between September and October 2023, she diverted mail containing checks and handed it over to Harrison, who opened the envelopes and removed the payments.<\/p>

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The scheme unraveled after Randle\u2019s leased Nissan Juke was repossessed due to a lapse in insurance. At the dealership, employees discovered a backpack belonging to Harrison that contained an AR-style handgun, cocaine, fentanyl and loose checks, prompting a call to the St. Charles Police Department. Randle later arrived and falsely claimed she did not handle mail in her role.\u00a0<\/p>

She also made false statements to investigators, denying both access to mail and use of the vehicle.<\/p>

Authorities ultimately determined that Randle stole 89 checks from dozens of victims and that an additional counterfeit check was created using information from one of the stolen items.\u00a0<\/p>

The combined face value of the checks totaled $369,248.<\/p>

What’s next:<\/p>

Randle is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 20, while Harrison is set for sentencing on June 3. Each faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, or both.<\/p>

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