Pair arrested in connection to stolen mail investigation in Smyrna

SMYRNA, Del. – A several months-long stolen mail investigation resulted in two arrests earlier this week.

It was determined through the investigation that 25-year-old David Rodriguez, who was employed by the U.S. Postal Service, was stealing checks and other banking cards from the mail. Some of the checks were reportedly altered and cashed, while the banking cards were used to make purchases and withdrawals.

Detectives were also able to link 33-year-old Anthony Bray to the scheme.

On Tuesday, detectives executed a search warrant on Rodriguez’s home in the 800 block of Providence Drive. Numerous pieces of stolen mail, as well as drugs and weapons, were found inside the home, and Rodriguez was taken into custody.

Bray was taken into custody during the execution of a search warrant by Dover Police in regard to a drug dealing investigation.

Rodriguez was held on a $30,702 secured bond on a total of 130 charges, including 92 counts of theft.

Bray was charged with 83 counts of receiving stolen property, 9 counts of unlawful use of a payment card, 9 counts of identity theft, conspiracy, and criminal impersonation. He was issued a $31,900 unsecured bond but remains behind bars on other charges.