Postal worker accused of shoplifting at Buc-ee’s also found with stolen mail, cops say.
A postal worker accused of running a scheme to steal mail and traffic in stolen identities was discovered when police responded to a shoplifting call, Alabama authorities said.
Officers with the Leeds Police Department were called to a Buc-ee’s for a report of someone accused of stealing merchandise from the store Sept. 22, police said in an Oct. 1 news release.
They searched 39-year-old Amber Beard, and in addition to finding stolen items from Buc-ee’s, police said they also found a “multitude” of credit and debit cards and personal documents that belonged to other people. Beard’s attorney information wasn’t available in Jefferson County jail records.
United States postal worker is facing multiple theft charges, including opening mail that didn’t belong to her, after police said she was caught stealing at a Buc-ee’s in Leeds, Alabama.
While in custody for shoplifting at the store, police searched 39-year-old Amber Beard’s purse and car and found stolen merchandise, a multitude of checks, credit and debit cards, and Alabama drivers’ licenses not belonging to her, as well as U.S. mail addressed to several people in the Birmingham area.
While in custody, Beard told officers she works for USPS.
Police found that while Beard was employed as a postal worker, she opened mail not addressed to her and removed items like checks, debit and credit cards, and gift cards, and fraudulently used them.
Beard has been charged with trafficking in stolen identities, five counts of illegal possession of a credit/debit card, and fourth-degree theft of property.
Police say the investigation is ongoing, and additional charges are pending as more victims are identified.
Beard was booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a $80,500 bond.
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