Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Monday, Oct. 19, that two U.S. Postal Service carriers assigned to the East New York Post Office have been indicted on charges they stole checks from mail on their routes, in thefts that allegedly cost 10 people a total of $14,953.55.

The defendants, Nicole Bernard, 41, of East Flatbush, and Kenisha Hazzard, 30, of Brownsville, were arraigned on separate indictments before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun and released without bail, the DA’s office said. Bernard was arraigned Oct. 6 and Hazzard on Oct. 19. Bernard is due back in court Dec. 2 and Hazzard on Dec. 16.

Bernard worked as a city carrier at the East New York Station, at 2645 Atlantic Avenue, from January 2023 to February 2024, according to the DA’s office. Between March 1, 2023, and Jan. 4, 2024, the indictment charges, she stole a check made out to someone on her route and deposited it into her personal bank account, took two checks mailed from East New York that were meant for another person, and stole a fourth check intended for someone on her route that was deposited into another account with a Connecticut address. The four checks totaled $12,465.80. She is charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, one count of third-degree grand larceny, one count of fourth-degree grand larceny and one count of petit larceny.