According to the Brownwood Police Department, on Wednesday morning at approximately 11:45 am, Officer Matthew Thompson of the Brownwood Police Department was dispatched to the 3900 Block of 4th St regarding a male walking in the area with no shoes on. The caller requested officers check his welfare.
Officer Thompson arrived in the area and met with the male who was identified and asked about his circumstances. Having no reason to detain the man, he was let go.
Five minutes later, a postal carrier called police dispatch and reported a man had stolen mail from a residence in the 100 block of Ivanhoe.
Officer Thompson returned to the area and observed the postal carrier following the same man who was identified as Esteban Gamez, 26, of Brownwood.
Ultimately, Gamez admitted to approaching the mail carrier and stating that he lived at the address where a package was being dropped off. Gamez further admitted to taking the mail package and fleeing from the postal carrier, police say.
Gamez was arrested and charged with Mail Theft under 10 Addresses. His bond was set at $3,000.
Those charged are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.