{"id":8877,"date":"2015-01-28T20:52:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T04:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2015-02-10T19:20:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T03:20:23","slug":"tricky-sent-prison-breaking-u-s-post-offices-using-crowbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=8877","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Tricky&#8221; Sent to Prison for Breaking into U.S. Post Offices Using a Crowbar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1073\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/criminal_justice_jurisprudence-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"criminal_justice_jurisprudence (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>LOS ANGELES<\/strong> \u2013 The leader of a burglary ring that targeted Post Offices and stole boxes full of mail was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison, officials said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstad<\/strong>t sentenced <strong>Jose Manual Guerra<\/strong>, also known as <strong>\u201cTricky,\u201d<\/strong> 45, of Los Angeles, after Guerra pleaded guilty in September to postal burglary.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that he used a crowbar to forcibly break into the North Torrance Post Office on Crenshaw Boulevard on \u00a024, 2013, with the intent to steal mail.<\/p>\n<p>When he pleaded guilty, officials said Guerra also admitted that he broke into at least two other Post Offices in the fall of 2013. Guerra may have been involved in five other burglaries, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities believe that Guerra learned he was wanted by law enforcement in connection with the postal burglaries and that he fled California to avoid arrest.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2013, he was arrested by Postal Inspectors.<\/p>\n<p>A search of his then-residence in New Mexico resulted in the recovery of checks, credit cards, various forms of identification all issued in the names of others, credit card statements, bank statements and other items sent through the mail.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the checks recovered had been washed and altered.<\/p>\n<p>People whose mail is stolen suffered losses of \u00a0about $1,800 when their checks were altered and cashed by Guerra.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cToday&#8217;s sentence should send a clear message,\u201d said <strong>Acting Postal Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez.<\/strong> \u201cThe Postal Inspection Service will not tolerate attacks on our facilities. 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