Mail Carrier From Hamden Pleads Guilty To Mail Theft: Feds

HAMDEN, CT — A Hamden man, who worked as a mail carrier in Meriden, pleaded guilty Friday in New Haven federal court to a mail theft offense, according to officials.

Shawn R. Fuller, 37, pleaded guilty to theft of mail by a postal employee, an offense that carries a maximum term of five years in prison, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery.

Fuller is scheduled to be sentenced May 10.

Fuller, while working as a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in Meriden, was being investigated in connection with the theft of mail packages, according to officials.

On April 17, 2023, an investigator saw Fuller at the Meriden post office “opening two mail packages, removing two items from the packages, and placing them in the trunk of his car,” officials wrote in the news release.

Fuller then notified his supervisors that he had to leave work for the day, according to officials.

“Hamden Police subsequently stopped Fuller’s car,” the news release states. “After a police K9 alerted officers to the possible presence of narcotics, a search of the trunk of the car revealed approximately four kilograms of a substance containing cocaine. Fuller was arrested at that time.”

Fuller, who was indicted last April on cocaine distribution and mail theft charges, was released on a $100,000 bond pending sentencing.