ST. LOUIS – A United States Postal Service employee from Florissant, Missouri, appeared in federal court Thursday and admitted her role in a conspiracy to steal checks from the mail.

Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said Cambria Hopkins, 30, worked as a mail carrier in Clayton.

Hopkins admitted accepting money from co-conspirator Malik A. Jones for her mail key, also known as a USPS “arrow key.” Prosecutors said Hopkins did this knowing that Jones was planning on using the key to steal mail in March 2022.

Hopkins stole mail that came into her possession as a postal carrier, removed checks from that mail and provided those checks to Jones. Investigators said Jones paid Hopkins in cash, electronically via CashApp, and by buying her groceries

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