Louisiana Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Mail Theft, Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft

MOBILE, AL - A Slidell, Louisiana man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for theft of mail, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

According to court documents, Rashawn Anthony Robinson-Mills, 25, admitted that between August 2023 and January 2024, he traveled along the Gulf Coast breaking into blue U.S. Postal Service letter boxes and stealing mail. Robinson-Mills broke into multiple boxes at several locations in Alabama and Mississippi. He then fraudulently altered and deposited multiple checks and money orders belonging to mail-theft victims, including but not limited to a church in Mobile, Alabama. In conducting these fraudulent transactions, Robinson-Mills used victims' identifiers without authorization.

On January 12, 2024, surveillance cameras at the Walmart on U.S. Highway 98 in Daphne, Alabama captured Robinson-Mills using a crowbar to pry open a letter box in front of the store. Later that day, sheriff's deputies in Harrison County, Mississippi stopped Robinson-Mills on Interstate 10 eastbound and found the crowbar he used to steal mail in the trunk of his vehicle. Agents searched Robinson-Mills's cell phone, which contained dozens of photos depicting checks and money orders that he had stolen from the mail and fraudulently altered to be made payable to him.

In October 2025, after Robinson-Mills had pleaded guilty in federal court and was awaiting sentencing, police in Pell City, Alabama arrested Robinson-Mills for breaking into multiple vehicles and stealing credit cards while working as an Amazon delivery driver. Robinson-Mills admitted to committing the thefts, which resulted in revocation of his release conditions. At sentencing, the court reviewed evidence that Robinson-Mills used the stolen credit cards to try to purchase a penile girth enhancement at Alabama Men's Clinic.

In addition to the 72-month prison term, U.S. District Judge Terry F. Moorer ordered Robinson-Mills to serve a five-year term of supervised release upon his release from prison, during which time he will be subject to credit restrictions. The court did not impose a fine, but Judge Moorer ordered Robinson-Mills to pay $200 in special assessments and $64,434.18 in victim restitution.

U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

The United States Postal Inspection Service, the United States Secret Service, the Mobile Police Department, the Daphne Police Department, the Biloxi Police Department, the Harrison County Sheriff's Office, and the Slidell Police Department investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Roller prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.