Former USPS employee admits to stealing over $100,000 of sports memorabilia from mail

A former U.S. Postal Service worker admitted to stealing over $100,000 worth of sports memorabilia when he worked as a mail sorting clerk, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Authorities said 34-year-old Shelby Dozier of the Bronx started working at the main post office in Clifton, New Jersey, in August 2022. Not long after he was hired, parcels sent to a nearby consignment auction house started going missing, according to court documents filed against Dozier.

The auction house's packages included trading cards and other sports memorabilia that it was both receiving from customers and sending to people around the world. Dozier stole at least 10 parcels between September 2022 and December 2022, officials said.