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    1) Aaron Kevin Howard was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 3 years supervised release for conspiring to steal over 2,600 aluminum carts from the US Postal Service worth over $3.6 million. 2) Howard and his co-conspirator Roland Michael Muir stole the carts from USPS facilities at night and sold them as scrap metal at recycling centers, receiving over $400,000. 3) Muir has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December, while Howard acted alone for part of the conspiracy and was ordered to pay $404,794.91 in restitution.

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    1) Aaron Kevin Howard was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 3 years supervised release for conspiring to steal over 2,600 aluminum carts from the US Postal Service worth over $3.6 million. 2) Howard and his co-conspirator Roland Michael Muir stole the carts from USPS facilities at night and sold them as scrap metal at recycling centers, receiving over $400,000. 3) Muir has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December, while Howard acted alone for part of the conspiracy and was ordered to pay $404,794.91 in restitution.

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    1) Aaron Kevin Howard was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 3 years supervised release for conspiring to steal over 2,600 aluminum carts from the US Postal Service worth over $3.6 million. 2) Howard and his co-conspirator Roland Michael Muir stole the carts from USPS facilities at night and sold them as scrap metal at recycling centers, receiving over $400,000. 3) Muir has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in December, while Howard acted alone for part of the conspiracy and was ordered to pay $404,794.91 in restitution.

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    U.S.

    Department of Justice
    United States Attorney
    District of Maryland

    Rod J. Rosenstein
    United States Attorney

    36 S. Charles Street
    Fourth Floor
    Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2692

    Vickie E. LeDuc
    Public Information Officer

    November 25, 2014


    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
    www.justice.gov/usao/md

    410-209-4800
    TTY/TDD: 410-962-4462
    410-209-4885
    FAX 410-962-3091
    Vickie.LeDuc@usdoj.gov

    CONTACT AUSA VICKIE E. LEDUC or


    MARCIA MURPHY at (410) 209-4885

    CONSPIRATOR SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS IN PRISON FOR STEALING


    ALUMINUM CARTS FROM THE POSTAL SERVICE
    Stole 2,611 Containers With Replacement Cost of Over $3.6 Million
    Baltimore, Maryland U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett sentenced Aaron Kevin
    Howard, age 53, of Brooklyn, Maryland, today to seven years in prison, followed by three years of
    supervised release, for conspiring to steal, and theft of, aluminum carts from the U.S. Postal Service.
    Judge Bennett also ordered Howard to pay restitution of $404,794.91.
    The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J.
    Rosenstein; Postal Inspector in Charge Gary R. Barksdale of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Washington Division; and Anne Arundel County Police Chief Kevin Davis.
    The U.S. Postal Service used and stored mail transport equipment, including large aluminum
    carts known as over-the-road containers. From 2007 through 2010, Howard worked at a private
    mailer located in Baltimore. From 2005 through April 2014, Howards co-defendant, Roland
    Michael Muir, worked for the same company, driving a box truck.
    According to court documents and evidence presented to the Court, from July 2010 to 2014,
    Howard and Muir drove the private mailers box truck to two U.S. Postal Service bulk mail centers
    in Capitol Heights where they stole the over-the-road containers and loaded them on the truck.
    When in the bulk mail center, Howard told a USPS employee that he worked for the Baltimore IRS.
    The thefts typically occurred between midnight and 2:00 a.m. After taking the containers, the
    co-conspirators drove to a warehouse where they used spray paint to cover the U.S. Postal Service
    markings on the containers. They then drove the truck to a metal recycler and sold the containers
    for scrap value, receiving about $1,300 in cash for each transaction.
    Howard and Muir changed metal recyclers when questioned about the source of the
    containers, or when the recyclers refused to buy the containers. In the fall of 2013 when Muirs
    employment position no longer allowed him access to his employers truck, Howard rented a truck
    to use in the scheme.
    Beginning sometime in 2014, Muirs participation in the conspiracy ceased.
    continued to steal and sell the containers, often working alone.

    Howard

    From July 2010 through April 2014, Howard stole approximately 2611 containers from the
    USPS on 311 days. The replacement cost of the stolen containers is approximately $3,694,565.

    Howard and Muir received at least $404,794.91 in cash from the sale of containers to metal
    recyclers.
    Co- defendant Roland Michael Muir, age 57, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, pleaded guilty to
    conspiring to steal, and theft of, aluminum carts from the U.S. Postal Service. Judge Bennett has
    scheduled his sentencing for December 5, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.
    United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein praised the U.S. Postal Inspection Service Washington Division and Anne Arundel County Police for their work in the investigation. Mr.
    Rosenstein thanked Assistant United States Attorney Paul E. Budlow, who is prosecuting the case.

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