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Louisiana Men Indicted for Theft of Mail, Possession of a Postal Key, and Gun Charges

Published December 22, 2021

Louisiana – KYLE ARMSTONG, age 19, and KAREEM MADISON, age 27, both residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, were charged on December 16, 2021, for theft or receipt of stolen mail matter and unlawful possession of a postal key. MADISON was also charged for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

ARMSTRONG and MADISON are charged in Count 1 of the indictment with stealing US mail from a post office letter box at the Metairie Main Post Office, Metairie, LA 70002. ARMSTRONG and MADISON may face up to five years in jail if convicted. ARMSTRONG and MADISON are charged in Count 2 with unlawfully possessing a key adopted by the Postal Service and in use on an authorized receptacle for the deposit of postal matter, with the purpose to use the same unlawfully and improperly. ARMSTRONG and MADISON may face up to ten (10) years in jail if convicted. MADISON is accused with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm in Count 3 of the indictment. MADISON stands a maximum sentence of ten (10) years in prison if convicted.Each count carries a penalty of up to three years of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000, and a $100.00 obligatory special assessment charge.

U.S. Attorney Evans reiterated that the indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case is being prosecuted as part of the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, which is a cooperative federal, state, and local initiative to reduce violent crime. PSN is a research-based initiative that has been shown to reduce violent crime. PSN brings together a diverse group of stakeholders to identify the community’s most critical violent crime issues and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. PSN implements this strategy by concentrating enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and collaborating with locally based prevention and reentry initiatives to achieve long-term crime reductions.

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the U.S. Postal Service Inspection Service and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rachal Cassagne and Dall Kammer are in charge of the prosecution.