Defendant who directed mail check theft scheme sentenced to 6 years in prison

CINCINNATI - Treyvon Alexander, 21, of Georgetown, Kentucky, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 72 months in prison for orchestrating the largest known theft of checks from the mail in Cincinnati.

As part of his sentence, Alexander is ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in restitution.

According to court documents, Alexander conspired with others, including a postal employee, to commit bank fraud relating to checks stolen from the mail.

In total, law enforcement agents identified 1,480 stolen checks with a face value of approximately $7.4 million. Many of the checks were recovered during the execution of search warrants and delivered by the United States Postal Service to the intended recipient without any actual loss.

Court documents detail that former postal employee Destiny Neblett, 23, of Cincinnati, was stealing from a mail processing facility during her work hours and turning the checks over to her boyfriend, Lonnel Lucas, 23, of Cincinnati. Lucas then sold the stolen checks to Alexander, who processed them and converted the stolen funds. The stolen mail often included checks to various local companies.

Alexander pleaded guilty in February 2025 to conspiring to commit bank fraud. Neblett pleaded guilty in August 2025 and Lucas is scheduled to appear in federal court for a plea hearing on Sept. 30.

Dominick S. Gerace, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and Lesley Allison, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Douglas R. Cole. Assistant United States Attorney Timothy S. Mangan is representing the United States in this case.

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