A change of plea hearing for a Joplin man accused of stealing items out of mailboxes and using them to open credit card accounts is scheduled for 10 a.m. February 13 in U. S. District Court in Springfield.
Aaron M. Blake, 27, is one of two Joplin residents who were charged in connection with the thefts.
According to the indictment, Aaron M. Blake, 27, and Emily Anna-Lee Sturgis, 30, stole items out of numerous mailboxes, including information that enabled them to open credit card accounts. Blake faces nine felony charges and Sturgis eight.Blake and Sturgis stored the items they stole in a Carthage motel room, according to the indictment.
Blake and Sturgis were charged with felony conspiracy, bank fraud, mail theft and identity theft.
On January 26th, 2023 at approximately 2:00 p.m. Jasper County Deputies were dispatched to the area Fleece Lane and North Peace Church Ave in Joplin in reference to a suspicious vehicle that was stopping in front of several houses. The caller gave a vehicle description and license plate to the dispatcher.
Jasper County Detectives who were in the area recognized the vehicle description as a vehicle they were looking for in several reports of stolen mail.
Detectives located the vehicle at Casey’s in Briarbrook of Carl Junction. During the investigation, multiple items of mail were located in the vehicle with various different addresses.
The driver, Emily Sturgis, 30, of Joplin and passenger, Aaron Blake, 27, of Joplin were taken into custody and charges of stealing are being sent to the Jasper County Prosecutor for review. The owners of the stolen mail will be contacted by detectives. This investigation is ongoing, and more charges may arise as it continues.
Jasper County Detectives who were in the area recognized the vehicle description as a vehicle they were looking for in several reports of stolen mail.
Detectives located the vehicle at Casey’s in Briarbrook of Carl Junction. During the investigation, multiple items of mail were located in the vehicle with various different addresses.
The driver, Emily Sturgis, 30, of Joplin and passenger, Aaron Blake, 27, of Joplin were taken into custody and charges of stealing are being sent to the Jasper County Prosecutor for review. The owners of the stolen mail will be contacted by detectives. This investigation is ongoing, and more charges may arise as it continues.
Jasper County deputies searched the room at the Tara Motel in Carthage and posted the following news release January 29:
On January 29th , at approximately 3:00 PM, Jasper County deputies were following up on information regarding the recent mail theft suspects.
During the investigation detectives searched a room at the Tara Motel located near I -44/Old 66 that both Sturgis and Blake had rented and located opened mail that contained W-2 forms, car titles, financial statements, checks and credit cards belonging to additional victims of Jasper County.
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