Coconut Creek Police Honored For Work on Mail Theft Case

by Kevin Deutsch April 22, 2025

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Members of the Coconut Creek Police Department were recently honored by by the United States Postal Inspection Service {Coconut Creek Police}.

Six members of the Coconut Creek Police force were honored by the United States Postal Inspection Service recently for helping bring down a mail theft ring.

The Inspection Service, which is the federal law enforcement arm of USPS, awarded special recognitions to Coconut Creek Police Sgt. James Dingus, Officer Sean Brewster, and Crime Scene Investigator Keisha Hicock for their work on the 2021 investigation – and subsequent prosecution – that resulted in two men receiving more than 30 months each in federal prison, according to the police department.

Three Coconut Creek Police detectives were also awarded, but they are not being identified due to their work on the streets for the department’s Special Enforcement Team.

The accused mail thieves, Ramses Fernandez Rodriguez and Johnny Blanco Figueroa, were arrested on July 9, 2021, for stealing mail in the city – busts that led to the recovery of 65 stolen credit cards and 40 personal checks, police said.

The stolen materials contained enough personal information to steal 38 identities, according to investigators.

The case went federal because it involved United States mail and was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami-Dade County.

Rodriguez pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, according to court records.

He was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison in September 2024, the records show.

Figueroa pleaded guilty to the same charges as Rodriguez and was sentenced to 37 months in federal prison in September 2024, according to court filings.

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Kevin Deutsch is an award-winning journalist and author of two nonfiction books. He covers general assignment news and Jewish community issues for Talk Media. He has also worked as a staff writer at The Miami Times, the Rio Grande SUN, the New York Daily News, Newsday, The Miami Herald, The Palm Beach Post, The Riverdale Press, and Bronx Justice News.