Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Postal Carrier Robbery

CLEVELAND - A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in robbing a postal carrier of the key used to open U.S. Mail collection boxes. The robbery was part of a larger conspiracy to steal checks and later cash them for personal benefit and use.

Je'Vion Tolliver-Maddox, of Cleveland, pleaded guilty on March 9 to the following charges in the superseding indictment:

• Robbery of Mail, Money, or Other Property of the United States
• Stealing Keys Adopted by the Post Office
• Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud
• Bank Fraud

According to court documents, Tolliver-Maddox was one of the individuals who robbed a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker while delivering mail on Cleveland's West 48^th Street on the afternoon of Sept. 9, 2025. Co-conspirator Terran Johnson, 29, also of Cleveland, allegedly used a firearm to threaten the postal worker with violence and demanded the arrow key that opens USPS mailboxes. The postal worker complied, and the defendants fled the scene in Tolliver-Maddox's white Ford sport utility vehicle (SUV). Later that same evening, Tolliver-Maddox went to the Cleveland Division of Police's Fifth District to report that his car, a white Ford SUV, was stolen, despite evidence showing he was in the car during the robbery.

Following the robbery of the arrow key, agents discovered Tolliver-Maddox was altering checks-that had been stolen out of USPS mailboxes-with his name to deposit into his bank accounts. He also recruited others on social media platforms to further the conspiracy and fraudulently deposit checks into their own bank accounts. Victim banks implicated in the scheme were insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and included: U.S. Bank, Citizen's Bank, PNC Bank, Huntington, Citi Bank, Fifth Third Bank, and First Bank.

A federal grand jury indicted co-conspirator Johnson on March 4 for his role in the conspiracy and was additionally charged with using a firearm to threaten the postal worker with violence. He faces up to 30 years in prison. An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. Defendants are entitled to a fair trial in which it will be the government's burden to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Tolliver-Maddox is scheduled to be sentenced July 9 and faces a maximum prison sentence of 30 years.

The investigation in this case was conducted by The United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Cleveland Division of Police.

Assistant United States Attorney Brenna L. Fasko for the Northern District of Ohio led the prosecution.

About the United States Postal Inspection Service

USPIS is the law enforcement branch of the United States Postal Service. To report mail theft or other crimes committed through, or towards, the United States Postal Service, call the USPIS at 1-877-876-2455 or visit uspis.gov/reportLinks to other government and non-government sites will typically appear with the "external link" icon to indicate that you are leaving the Department of Justice website when you click the link.. For more information about combatting mail theft visit uspis.gov/project-safe-delivery.