A Marlborough teenager that hid parcels in his locker whereas working at a NZ Post depot, has admitted to stealing hundreds price of things.
A police abstract information mentioned Elijah Kerr, 19, was employed by NZ Post as a parcel sorter between November 2021 and August 2022.
At roughly 4.46am on July 5 final 12 months, Kerr was working on the Blenheim depot on McArtney St, when he picked up a parcel from the loading bin and carried it to a bench to look at its contents.
He took the parcel, containing a pet hair elimination brush valued at $32.50, to the employees space and positioned it in his locker.
Some time between July 1 and July 31, Kerr used the identical technique to steal one other parcel containing 9 watches price a complete of $2793, the property of Michael Hill Jewellers.
Kerr mentioned he accepted the abstract of information, and advised police he stole about 10 separate parcels throughout his time of employment on the depot, utilizing the identical technique every time.
The objects within the parcels included an iPhone 12, custom-made jewelry and a hand-held gaming machine.
The 19-year-old had no earlier convictions, and pleaded responsible to prices of theft over $1000 (A$931) and theft beneath $465.50 at Blenheim District Court on Monday.
His lawyer Sarah-Jane Jessop mentioned she understood that “quite a bit” of the stolen objects had been recovered, and sought a reparation report back to be accomplished earlier than Kerr’s sentencing.
Police prosecutor Nick Cooke mentioned NZ Post was within the strategy of figuring out “who actually owns the items – because NZ Post were obviously just the transporter of the goods,” he mentioned.
Kerr was remanded on bail to reappear in courtroom for sentencing on June 26.
Source: www.9news.com.au
