Prosecutors Charge Nassau Postal Carrier With Stealing Mail

A Bellmore postal carrier whose home was raided by inspectors on April 3 has been officially charged with stealing mail, authorities say.

According to a sworn affidavit released today by the U.S. District Court, Richard A. Schaaf, Jr., a postal carrier who worked in Bethpage, had dozens of bags of undelivered mail in his Bellmore home.

Prosecutors say that they received a tip that Schaaf, who has been working as a postal carrier in Bethpage since April of 2016, was keeping large volumes of undelivered mail at his house. Investigators arrived on April 3 and were given permission to search the home, where they found the dozens of black garbage bags filled with mail.

According to prosecutors, they recovered more than 1,000 pieces of undelivered mail dating as far back as March 2017. They were all addressed to homes and businesses in Nassau County, many of them on Schaaf's route.

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