A Florida mail carrier is accused of stealing gift cards and cash from the U.S. Mail.
The suspect is Amy Nell Jones, a rural USPS carrier assigned to the Loxahatchee Post Office.
According to a Special Agent with the USPS, the entity received a complaint about the redemption of two $10 Target gift cards in Royal Palm Beach. The cards were destined for Loxahatchee and allegedly stolen from the mail.
An investigation revealed that one of the cards was used by Jones, who simultaneously used an additional Target gift card (valued at $100). Further investigation revealed that a postal customer mailed a $100 Target gift card from Orlando to a Loxahatchee address.
To further his investigation, the Special Agent placed a $10 Target gift card in Jones' mail stream using a sealed envelope and an address used to make it undeliverable.
The undeliverable envelope should have been returned to the post office by Jones. Police say it was not.
After several monitored incidents, Jones was arrested and transported to PBSO.
Jones told authorities the Target gift card was a gift and denied taking it from the mail.
When Jones was confronted with another incident where she allegedly opened an envelope containing $300, she stated the mail was already opened and she only saw that there was money in there and put it back inside.
According to an arrest report, Jones denied taking money out or opening envelopes with the intention to steal cash.
Amy Jones was charged with Grand Theft.