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Date: 07-17-2023
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Case Number: 3:22-cr-00148
Judge: Walter H. Rice
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (Montgomery County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office in Dayton
Defendant's Attorney: Chris Fogt
Description: Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving and unlawfully possessing materials stolen from the U.S. Mail, including approximately 250 checks.
Keith Dujuan Calahan, of Dayton, Ohio was arrested after taking "dummy" packages of U.S. mail contained GPS tracking devices in 2022.
Law enforcement tracked the GPS locations of the stolen packages and set up surveillance around an apartment complex Dayton. Three individuals were subsequently arrested, including Calahan. Calahan had two trash bags full of stolen mail matter, including two of the dummy packages.
While executing a search warrant at Calahan’s apartment, investigators discovered 250 stolen checks, nearly $1,700 in cash, a $1,000 money order and two firearms. Two weeks prior to his arrest, Calahan had fraudulently deposited a $6,100 check, which had been stolen from the U.S. Mail and altered to reflect a different payee.
Calahan pleaded guilty in February 2023 to receipt and possession of stolen mail.
“The theft of mail can be hugely disruptive to the lives of those whose private communications are stolen, opened, and exploited,” said United States Attorney Kenneth L. Parker. “This sentence should be a warning to anyone tempted to break into a collection box in search of easy money that doing so comes with considerable consequences.”
Parker and Lesley C. Allison, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Pittsburgh Division; announced the judgment issued on July 13 by U.S. District Court Judge Walter H. Rice. Assistant United States Attorney Rob Painter is representing the United States in this case.
18 U.S.C. § 1708 - Receipt and Unlawful Possession of Stolen Mail - Plus Forfeiture
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Outcome: Defendant remanded to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States/Bureau of Prisons for: 24 months on Count 1 . Fined $ 0 due to inability to satisfy and community service to be ordered on Count 1 of the Bill of Information. $100.00 Special Assessment to Victims Crime Fund to be paid immediately
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