A U.S. Postal Service supervisor who worked in Costa Mesa was sentenced to a year in home confinement in federal court Friday for stealing checks worth about $284,000 and other goods worth up to $40,000.
Joivian Tijuana Hayes, 36, of Compton, supervised the Costa Mesa post office when she was accused of stealing mail, according to federal prosecutors. Hayes pleaded guilty Feb. 7, 2025, to one count of mail by a postal service employee and one count of unlawful transfer, possession and use of means of identification.
Hayes was sentenced to a year and a day in home confinement and ordered to pay $68,442 in restitution…