Bristol Man Indicted On Mail Theft Charges: Feds

HARTFORD, CT — A Bristol man and Hartford postal employee has been indicted on mail theft charges, according to a statement from federal prosecutors. Nathaniel Bonilla, 31, was charged with three counts of theft of mail by a postal employee.

He pleaded not guilty and was released on $50,000 bond.

Bonilla was a mail processing clerk at the U.S. Postal Service’s Process and Distribution Center in Hartford. Prosecutors said he opened mail envelopes with a razor blade and removed cash and dozens of gift cards or prepaid debit cards for his own personal use.

If convicted, Bonilla faces a maximum term of imprisonment of five years on each count.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.