NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Prosecutors say a mail carrier stole two gift cards sent to a New Jersey man and used them to buy items for her Thanksgiving feast.
Raquel Miller was arrested Monday at the Irvington Post Office and charged with theft, official misconduct and receiving stolen property. A search of her East Orange home uncovered other stolen gift cards and debit cards, said Paul Loriquet, a spokesman for the Essex County Prosecutors office.
The investigation began this month after a North Carolina man called the company that issued the two gift cards -- worth a combined $150 -- and asked why they had not been delivered to his nephew in Irvington.
He was told someone cashed the cards at a local supermarket. Store surveillance video showed Miller -- while in uniform -- using them to buy cranberry sauce, gravy and other items, Loriquet said.
11/27/2009 1:21:07 AM
