BUFFALO, N.Y. - U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Timothee Tidwell, 26, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to conspiracy to commit mail theft, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Between October 9 and October 14, 2024, Tidwell conspired with co-defendant Alexandria Duncan to steal mail from receptacles in Hamburg, NY, and take articles from inside the letters and envelopes that were stolen. For instance, in the early morning hours of October 14, 2024, Duncan drove a vehicle to Camp Road with Tidwell, who exited the vehicle and approached a row of mailboxes outside the post office on Camp Road with a postal arrow key he was not legally entitled to possess. That same day, law enforcement recovered opened and unopened mail addressed to other people from the vehicle Tidwell and Duncan drove in to commit the mail thefts. The opened mail included checks from various individuals and businesses and totaled approximately $369,104.92.
Duncan previously convicted and sentenced.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Franz M. Wright. The plea is the result of an investigation by the Village of Hamburg Police, under the direction of Chief Richard Schara, and the United States Postal Inspection Service, under the direction of Acting Inspector-in-Charge Justin Page, Boston Division.
Sentencing is scheduled for December 23, 2026, before Judge Arcara.# # # #