
A stolen U.S. Treasury check in the amount of $2,599 payable to another individual was also found inside Hayes’s home. An employee at the United States Postal Service (USPS) pleaded guilty to stealing more than $300,000 in checks and other items such as gold and collectible currency from mail, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). According to the plea agreement, while Hayes was on duty with the USPS between early last year and December 2024, she stole “checks that had been mailed, which she then deposited into her...