ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4)– Instead of delivering the mail, an Englewood letter carrier was stealing it. Randy Younger, 47, avoided prison and was sentenced by federal judge William Martinez to three-and-half-years probation including six months home detention.
It was a combination that provided trouble, Younger was both a mailman and a drug addict. He admitted stealing thousands of pieces of mail to get his hands on gift cards and cash to support his heroin habit.
As he entered Denver U.S. District Court, CBS4’s Rick Sallinger asked, “Why did you steal that mail?”
“No comment, thank you,” was Younger’s reply.
PEN: Below is a case description from the Dept. of Justice
U.S. v. Randy Younger
U.S. v. Randy Younger, 18-cr-00457
Case Description: On or about January 2018 through April 2018, in the District of Colorado, defendant Younger, a United States Postal Letter Carrier, stole mail pieces from several postal collection boxes. Defendant Younger confessed to stealing the mail pieces and removed cash and gift cards. Records from King Soopers and JC Penny indicate that defendant redeemed the gift cards. Defendant Younger additionally admits to using the cash to purchase drugs. During the execution of a search warrant on July 17, 2018 at the defendant’s residence, agents located over 5,000 pieces of stolen mail. Defendant confessed that he accessed the boxes with a stolen key. Defendant is currently a fugitive.