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Tidarian Williams Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Federal Mail Theft Case

Federal prosecutors said stolen USPS master keys were used to take and alter checks totaling $963,000 between October 2024 and May 2025, according to WCCB Charlotte.

4 reports on this incident · first at Aug 12, 2026, 1:23 a.m. ET

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 12, 2026, 1:42 a.m. ET
Tidarian Williams has been to three and a half years in prison, followed by two years of probation, in a federal mail theft case, WCCB Charlotte reported. Federal prosecutors say that between October 2024 and May 2025, Williams used stolen U.S. Postal Service master arrow keys to ransack local mailboxes, stealing and altering checks totaling $963,000, with the altered checks deposited into compromised accounts, according to WCCB Charlotte's report. The available record of the case does not set out how Williams resolved the charges — whether by plea or trial — and no such detail is documented in the material supporting this report. No further proceedings have been described.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 12, 2026, 1:37 a.m. ET

    Charlotte Man Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Federal Mail Theft Case

    Tidarian Williams has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison, along with two years of probation, WCCB Charlotte reported.

    Federal prosecutors say that between October 2024 and May 2025, Williams used stolen USPS master arrow keys to ransack local mailboxes, stealing and altering checks totaling $963,000, according to WCCB Charlotte. Prosecutors say the altered checks were deposited into compromised accounts.

    WCCB Charlotte's report does not identify the specific counts Williams was convicted of, give the date of the sentencing hearing, or include any response from his defense. Nothing further in the case has been reported.

  2. Aug 12, 2026, 1:27 a.m. ET

    Charlotte Man Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Mail Theft Case

    Tidarian Williams has been sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison, along with two years of probation, WCCB Charlotte reported.

    Federal prosecutors say that between October 2024 and May 2025, Williams used stolen U.S. Postal Service master arrow keys to ransack local mailboxes, stealing and altering checks totaling $963,000, according to WCCB Charlotte. The altered checks were deposited into compromised accounts, prosecutors said.

    No statutory maximum penalty for the offense was cited in the reporting available.

  3. Aug 12, 2026, 1:23 a.m. ETFirst report

    Man Sentenced to Three and a Half Years in Federal Mail Theft Case

    A man named Tidarian Williams has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison, along with two years of probation, in a federal mail theft case, WCCB Charlotte reported.

    Federal prosecutors say that between October 2024 and May 2025, Williams used stolen USPS master arrow keys to ransack local mailboxes, stealing and altering checks totaling $963,000, with the altered checks deposited into compromised accounts, according to the outlet's report.

    WCCB Charlotte's report covers the sentencing itself. It does not say whether Williams pleaded guilty or was convicted at trial, does not name anyone else as involved, and includes no comment from Williams or his attorney. No other news organization's account of the case was available for this report, and the picture may change as more is reported.

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