RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Richmond man was sentenced to over five years in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and possession of stolen mail.
Twenty-five-year-old Tremont Hancock was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday, Sept. 16, in connection with a case that imprisoned another Richmond man in 2024.
According to court documents, Hancock and 27-year-old Olden Ellerbe III conspired with others to steal U.S. mail, sometimes using stolen United States Postal Service (USPS) “arrow” keys, which unlock all Postal Service collection boxes in a certain area, a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ) said…