Mail Carrier From West Haven Sentenced For Stealing Mail: Feds

WEST HAVEN, CT — A West Haven man, who worked as a mail carrier in Meriden, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison for stealing mail, according to officials.

Shawn R. Fuller, 37, was also sentenced Thursday to three years of supervised release following the prison term, U.S. Attorney for Connecticut Vanessa Roberts Avery announced.

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,” officials wrote in the news release. “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 pleaded guilty in February to theft of mail by a postal employee. He was released after posting a $100,000 bond and is required to report to prison on Aug. 20, according to officials.

“This matter was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Narcotics and Bulk Cash Trafficking Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration, with the assistance of the Hamden and West Haven Police Departments,” officials wrote. “The Task Force includes members from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General, the Connecticut Army National Guard, and the Hartford, New Britain, Meriden, and Town of Groton Police Departments. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert S. Dearington and Brendan J. Keefe.”