Lee Toua Xiong, 23, of Fresno, a convicted mail thief, has been sent to federal prison by U.S. District Judge Lawrence O’Neill.
He was convicted of conspiring to obstruct correspondence, possess counterfeit postal keys, possess postal mail locks, and possess stolen mail.
Mr. Xiong was ordered to pay $1,485 in restitution to the victims of his crime.
According to court documents, between December 2010 and February 2011 Mr. Xiong participated with others in stealing mail from community mail boxes in the Fresno area, using homemade counterfeit postal keys. He also unlawfully possessed genuine postal mail locks and mail stolen from community mail boxes.
Charges against two co-defendants are pending.
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