New Orleans Man Sentenced for Theft of Stolen Mail and Possession of USPS Property

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - JALEN C. VALDERY ("VALDERY"), age 27, was sentenced on June 10, 2026, to two years imprisonment, two years of supervised release, and payment of a $200 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Court Judge Greg G. Guidry, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle.

VALDERY previously plead guilty to unlawful possession of a postal key, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1704, and to unlawful possession of stolen mail, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1708.

According to court documents, VALDERY unlawfully possessed a United States Postal Service "arrow" key, which key is used to access authorized postal receptacles ("blue boxes") of deposited mail. Further, he unlawfully possessed approximately 700 pieces of USPS stolen mail taken from those authorized receptacles

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Irene González of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.

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