GULFPORT — A South Mississippi woman has admitted stealing mail containing gift cards and cash while she worked for the U.S. Postal Service in D’Iberville and Ocean Springs.

Juanita C. Rauch will be sentenced April 30.

A federal grand jury indicted Rauch on two counts of mail theft in October.

She was accused of taking a Target gift card from mail between December 2011 and January 2012 and a Walmart gift card and cash from mail on Jan. 31, 2012.

She pleaded guilty to one count on Thursday.

Rauch remains free on an unsecured $25,000 bond.

She faces maximum penalties of five years in prison, three years of probation and a $250,000 fine. She also could be ordered to make restitution.

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