PITTSBURGH — A Wilkinsburg man residents and investigators call a “serial mail thief” is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing mail and packages from multiple homes in the city of Pittsburgh.
Tyrone Mobley has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of mail theft.
Channel 11 talked with residents who live in one of the buildings he stole from in Shadyside.
They say he would often break in through the back door and then grab up as many packages as possible.
“It makes me nervous because I live like right there,” said Kristina Smith.
One resident told Channel 11 she saw him so frequently she thought he lived there.
Surveillance video from inside the building captures Mobley rolling up in his wheelchair.
Once inside, he’s spotted stealing packages and envelopes from the mail room.
Smith says he got away with her pair of women’s jeans valued at $50.
Another tenant said he stole designer shoes that were just shipped to her.
“I don’t know if it was just like an easy package to steal like light weight? Just so he could fit it inside his trash bag,” said Smith.
Once he finished up there, video shows he would get back into his wheelchair and take off with the items.
The mail thefts didn’t stop there.
Federal investigators say he then went across the street to apartments on South Highland Avenue and to nearby Oakland neighborhoods.
The federal indictment states he stole mail from homes along Melwood Avenue and North Craig Street.
Those incidents happened in 2020 and 2021.
Channel 11 learned Mobley was previously convicted in 2016 for stealing mail in the same area.
Investigators say he then violated his conditions of supervised release in 2019 after getting caught stealing more mail.
“I was like his 15th victim or something like that,” said Smith.
Channel 11 went to Mobley’s home for his side of the story.
No one answered the door.
Mobley is set to go before a judge on April 7.
He is free on unsecured bond.
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