U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that Antonio Jones, Jr., a 25-year-old resident of Buffalo, New York, has pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit mail theft and possession of a postal service key. The charges carry a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright provided details on the case, stating that on October 2, 2024, Jones collaborated with Eric Michael Robinson and Lamor Runell Bolden to steal mail from receptacles in Cheektowaga, New York. The group also possessed a key used for accessing authorized mail receptacles.
On the night of the incident, Jones traveled with Robinson and Bolden to a mail facility in Cheektowaga around 1:00 a.m. Robinson drove the vehicle while Jones and Bolden were passengers. Upon arrival, Robinson parked behind blue collection mailboxes outside the postal facility. Jones exited the car with Bolden standing watch as he used the stolen key to open mailboxes and steal their contents. Afterward, they returned to the car and left the scene but were soon stopped by law enforcement officers who discovered various pieces of opened and unopened mail inside their vehicle.
Jones admitted that he and his co-conspirators had used the stolen key at other locations within the Western District of New York.
Robinson and Bolden have already been convicted in connection with this case and are awaiting sentencing.
The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service under Special Agent-in-Charge Ketty Larco-Ward from the Boston Division and the Cheektowaga Police Department led by Chief Brian Coons.
Sentencing for Antonio Jones is set for October 24, 2025, at 1:00 p.m., presided over by Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr.
