Duo pleads guilty to stealing mail from local residents

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Two San Antonio residents have admitted to an identity theft scheme involving stolen mail, postal keys, and locks throughout the Corpus Christi area, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

From August 2025 through December 2025, Summer Muniz and Eusebio Valdez conspired to steal mail from hundreds of residents in Corpus Christi. Additionally, Muniz stole a postal lock, and Valdez used counterfeit postal keys to access apartment building mailboxes. Muniz used information gained from the stolen mail to steal at least $2,500 from a victim's bank account.

Sentencing has been set before U.S. District Judge David Morales June 3. At that time, Valdez faces up to 10 years for possessing the postal keys. Muniz faces a mandatory two years of imprisonment for the identity theft conviction and will pay restitution for damages to the apartment mailboxes, and for the amount the victims lost.

Valdez and Muniz have been and will remain in custody pending their sentencing hearings.

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service conducted the investigation with assistance of San Antonio Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ashley A. Pruitt prosecuted the case.