Trio faces federal charges for Metro East mail scheme

Trio faces federal charges for Metro East mail scheme

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A federal grand jury issued a 10-count indictment against three people for allegedly stealing checks from mailboxes to access victims’ banking information. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Illinois said Tylann J. Starks, 29, Tiara D. Johnson, 32, and Jamil Jackson, 51, targeted mail collection boxes in Fairview Heights from February 2020 through February 2023. According to the indict…

Three Facing Federal Charges for Metro East Mail Theft Scheme

EAST ST. LOUIS – A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment charging three area individuals with various crimes for their alleged involvement in a mail theft scheme from collection boxes in Fairview Heights. Tylann J. Starks, 29, of Swansea, is facing one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, four counts of bank fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft and one count of conspiracy to steal U.S. mail. Tiara D. Johnson, 32, of Ca…