SPRINGBORO — New video shows the moments police stopped three men accused of stealing mail from a U.S. Postal Office drop box.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, Carlos Patricio Sanchez-Guzman, Yahir Nazario Reyes, and Joshua Hernandez were arrested and charged.
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News Center 7’s I-Team Lead Investigative Reporter John Bedell obtained body camera video from Springboro police that shows the head-scratching traffic stop.
“It’s just odd to me that there’s mouse traps,” one officer said.
Authorities pulled over mail theft suspects after catching them on a stakeout, but quickly noticed there was no mail in the car.
After searching a nearby Kroger parking lot, officers said they drove between the post office and the gas station to make the traffic stop.
Moments later, an officer said over the radio, “We got a big pile of mail right here in the Kroger driveway.”
“Perfect. Perfect,” another officer replies.
“There you go. That explains it. Yep. And we’ll get video from Kroger,” officers are heard saying to each other.
As the I-Team reported last week, court documents show “sticky mouse traps” were the devices the three suspects were accused of using to steal mail.
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In the new body camera video, officers are seen packing up the mouse traps as evidence.
The I-Team learned from police that the suspects were also accused of reaching into a blue drop box in front of the post office to steal mail.
The body camera video shows police discussing how they saw one of the men reaching into the mailbox.
Then they talk about other evidence that was slick.
“It’s all like slick oil. Okay. Slick oil. Like on his hand? Like from here down,” officers are heard saying to each other.
Springboro police previously told the I-Team that these mail thefts appeared “to be connected to a larger check fraud operation spanning multiple states.”
In the body camera video, police talk about finding bank receipts as evidence.
“I know that’s a withdrawal amount, but that’s the amount that most of our checks are getting changed to triggers change to $2,200, $2,300.”
Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell told News Center 7’s John Bedell that conversations are continuing between his office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office about whether the case may switch to federal court or if they will face charges at both the federal and state levels.
News Center 7 will continue to follow this story.
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