CLEVELAND, Ohio— A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison for stealing $1.9 million worth of checks from Lakewood businesses to sell to forgers.
Gregory Drake, 34, stole 127 checks to and from the businesses on his route in 2022. Forgers cashed 63 of those checks, worth about $1 million.
Prosecutors said in court filings that Drake “sowed chaos” and created “havoc” in the Lakewood business community and that the amount of checks Drake stole over 10 months was “staggering.”…