Former Houston USPS carrier gets probation for stealing more than $1M in checks from the mail

A former Houston letter carrier who pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million in checks from the mail, which should have been delivered to Harris County mailboxes, took a plea agreement for five years of probation, according to records.

Kameron Goodwin, 27, pled guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity. A theft charge connected to the case was dismissed, according to records.

As part of the plea agreement, Goodwin will have to pay $19,919 in restitution, records show. Any violations of his probation could mean he has to serve up to 10 years in prison, according to a spokesperson for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office.

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“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.

Goodwin’s co-defendant, Sylvester Brown, also received five years of probation through a plea agreement. Co-defendant Keyshawn Jones also took a plea deal, which will put him under community supervision for six years.

Goodwin worked at the USPS Roy Royall Post Office, which is responsible for mail delivery in zip codes 77016, 77028, 77044, 77050 and 77078, a USPS spokesperson told KPRC 2 News 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 that mostly belonged to small businesses, according to records and prosecutors.

The stolen checks included federal tax refund payments, monthly social security payments, and monthly social security disability payments, according to records. The theft occurred between August and November 2023.