RENO, Nev. – Russell Francis Marks, a former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier pleaded guilty to stealing mail packages after an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
Marks, age 58, of Reno, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Jones scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 3, 2021.
According to the Department of Justice, court documents and admissions made in court demonstrated that between May 1 and November 24, 2017, Marks worked as a U.S. Postal Service City Letter Carrier at the Carson City post office. Marks admitted that he stole coins from five mail packages at the post office, and sold them to a coin dealer in Santa Rosa, California. Marks obtained $31,605 from selling the stolen coins. Postal customers filed missing mail complaints, which led to an investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
If convicted, the statutory maximum penalty faced by Marks is five years in prison, supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.