Two men and one woman from the San Fernando Valley were arrested Thursday morning- the trio is accused of stealing mail and packages from multiple mailboxes in the Santa Clarita Valley.
A caller alerted Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at around 4:29 a.m. on Thursday of two people acting suspiciously on the 24100 block of Newhall Ranch Road. The citizen reported that the individuals were wearing hoodies and seen removing mail from a community mailbox and putting it in their SUV, a Chevy Tahoe.
Deputies found a vehicle matching the description provided by the citizen and followed it westbound on Magic Mountain Parkway. As the SUV approached the I-5 onramp, deputies conducted a traffic stop. The entire cabin of the vehicle was filled with mail and packages from various addresses in the Santa Clarita Valley. The mail was stacked so high, that the final suspect was not found for several minutes as he laid on the second row floorboard, completely hidden by the mail.
Deputies arrested the driver, 22-year-old Kieontay Williams and the two passengers, 27-year-old Breeona Scott and 23-year-old Timothy Brown for Grand Theft and Mail Theft. All three had residence addresses in the San Fernando Valley. The driver, 22-year-old Kieontay Williams, was also found to be on active probation for Identity Theft.
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives are jointly investigating this case along with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. If you think that you are a victim of mail theft, you can report suspected mail losses to Postal Inspectors by calling 877-876-2455 or at postalinspectors.uspis.gov.
LA Crime Stoppers: Partner to prevent or report crime by contacting your local Sheriff’s station. Or if you wish to remain Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800- 222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.
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30 Comments
Susana Uribe-Cambia. ???
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Margaret and Charron
Wow now we know ?
Good glad there off the road
John
KIEONTAY
Rickey Sanchez Gina Sigona Sanchez ?
I WOULD GIVE THEM 25 YEARS IN PRISON TO SHOW THEM NEVER TO TAKE MAIL THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM . NOW I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY MAIL.
They should have their hands chopped off.
Holly Reyes
I was wondering if it was the same group that stole my mail… Glad they got caught !
Trash. Pure trash. Thank you deputies for protecting our city.
Kudos to the neighbors that called the sheriff’s.
Thieving scum
Brooke Ramirez-Sharp
Stupid a-holes!!!! Now I have to buy more stamps
Laura Anglin Peterson
THANK YOU!!!!!
Im sure some of my mail is in that pile!
If only they would not get probation. Unfortunately, they will be out in days and back at it.
Should not be it’s a federal offense…..
We have had the community report to the board mail theft, sucks!!!
Melissa Null maybe this is where it all went…
I was going to say the same thing, Melissa Null!
Are they returning the stolen mails to its rightful owners?
So now the USPS can redeliver all that mail? Or does it require some type of special handling? Needed as evidence to convict the scofflaws? Several pieces of junk mail may be sufficient. Deliver the rest.
Glad they finally caught them. It’s been happening for at least 6 months.
Teddy Hage
Thank you for the brave witness coming forward and calling 911 to alert the Sheriffs. Law enforcement can’t do it alone and need our help too by being great wits.