Sticky-finger mailman pleads responsible to stealing greater than $4,000 in rebate checks

A person pleaded responsible in federal court docket Thursday to mail theft whereas he was a U.S. Postal Service letter provider and was sentenced to 4 years’ probation.

Joshua Copas, 38, of Cumberland, Wisconsin, stole 31 rebate checks value a complete of $4,547 from the Menards chain of dwelling enchancment shops.

In June 2022, a girl who was because of obtain one in every of these checks, often called Menards. When it didn’t arrive within the mail, she inquired, and she or he was advised that the examine had already been spent.

The lady, who was not recognized by the Justice Department, then known as the Cumberland Police Department to report the examine had been stolen.

An investigation of the theft discovered footage of Copas spending the examine.