A former Houston letter carrier who pled guilty to stealing over $1 million in checks from the mail that should have been delivered to Harris County mailboxes agreed to a five-year probation sentence, according to records.
Kameron Goodwin, 27, pleaded guilty to participating in organized criminal conduct. According to court documents, a theft allegation in connection with the case was dismissed.
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According to the plea agreement, Goodwin will have to pay $19,919 in restitution. Any violations of his probation could result in his serving up to ten years in jail, according to a representative for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.
“Goodwin ran a vast criminal network, stealing well over $1M in checks and brokering them to at least three bidders, who in turn washed, altered, or counterfeited the stolen checks, then deposited and stole the proceeds,” prosecutors wrote in court documents obtained by KPRC 2 News.
Sylvester Brown, Goodwin’s co-defendant, was also sentenced to five years probation after entering a plea agreement. Keyshawn Jones, a co-defendant, also entered into a plea deal and will be placed under community supervision for six years.
Goodwin worked at the USPS Roy Royall Post Office, which handles mail delivery in zip codes 77016, 77028, 77044, 77050, and 77078, according to a USPS spokeswoman from last year.
Search warrants for homes, cell phones, and Instagram, combined with Goodwin’s time sheets and attendance records, helped explain what happened to the stolen checks, which were primarily from small firms, according to records and prosecutors.
Records show that the stolen checks included federal tax refund payments, monthly social security payments, and monthly social security disability payments. The theft happened between August and November 2023.
