Three Trenton residents have been federally indicted for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and theft of mail.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nashville says 41-year old Adam Perrelli, 30-year old Kaitlin Patterson and 35-year old Natasha Pargellis were indicted after a lengthy investigation into mail thefts in and around the Clarksville area.
The suspects reportedly obtained a master key that allowed them to open mail receptacles such as street collection boxes and panels of apartment house mailboxes. Between March and September 2018, they allegedly drove with each other and other individuals to various mail receptacles and took large amounts of mail.
The indictment says they then sorted through the mail looking for checks, money orders, credit cards and personal identifying information. Those items were then altered and made payable to another participant in the conspiracy and approximately $32,000 in altered checks and money orders were cashed or deposited. The investigation uncovered an additional $540,000 in stolen checks and money orders which they intended to alter.
If convicted, the trio could face up to 20 years in prison.
