A United States Postal Service employee in Sugar Land is behind bars, accused of stealing mail. A source confirmed to KPRC 2 News that law enforcement is now looking into whether he specifically targeted envelopes containing checks.<\/p>\n
The Sugar Land Police Department confirmed officers arrested 32-year-old Jeland Mouton on Monday night just a couple of blocks from the post office on Matlage Way, where a law enforcement source tells KPRC 2 News he worked.<\/p>\n
That source said Mouton was stopped as he was leaving work and had hundreds of pieces of stolen mail inside his personal car. <\/p>\n
Law enforcement is now investigating whether he specifically sought out envelopes that appeared to contain checks.<\/p>\n
One of the people investigators contacted about the arrest Tuesday is Eric Hanson, who may have been a victim in the alleged check theft scheme after he used the Sugar Land post office on Grants Lake Boulevard in October.<\/p>\n
Hanson said he dropped two checks in the mail to pay bills and, days later, logged into his bank account.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo days later, I opened up my bank account \u2014 empty,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cOne was $67, the other one was like $130\u2026 I\u2019m $7,000 in the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n
He shared images of the checks with KPRC 2 News, which he said show the payee names altered and the amounts drastically increased by the time they hit his account.<\/p>\n
Hanson reported what happened to Sugar Land police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. He said he also contacted his congressman.<\/p>\n
Five months later, on Tuesday, he got a call from investigators telling him a postal employee had been arrested in connection with his case.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou feel so stupid when you\u2019re victimized like that \u2014 like I should have known better,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cAnd then you get angry. Here you have a government employee who stole it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanson said his bank eventually reimbursed the stolen money, but the experience shook his trust in the mail.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt makes you feel like we can\u2019t trust the post offices. That\u2019s pretty bad,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t write any checks, and I certainly would not mail them\u2026 I learned my lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n
As of Tuesday night, Mouton was in the Fort Bend County Jail and is expected to appear before a magistrate Wednesday morning, when his bond is expected to be set.<\/p>\n
Harris County court records show Mouton previously pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon nearly a decade ago, when he was 23 years old.<\/p>\n
The USPS has not confirmed how long Mouton has been employed.<\/p>\n
The agency provided the following statement regarding Mouton:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can confirm this individual is employed with the Postal Service and is currently in a non-duty status. Due to privacy issues, the Postal Service does not publicly discuss personnel matters.\u201d<\/p>\n
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