MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — A 44-year-old Brooklyn man, Chamar Gary Lee, has been sentenced to serve three to 23 months in Montgomery County jail after stealing 35 Apple iPads valued at $22,715 from a FedEx distribution facility in Montgomery Township. Lee was convicted on felony attempted theft by deception and misdemeanor charges of forgery and possessing an instrument of crime related to the theft that occurred in July 2024.
Lee was sentenced on Monday by Judge Wendy Rothstein in the county Common Pleas Court. As part of a plea agreement, charges including racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and tampering with public records were dismissed. Additionally, Lee was ordered to stay away from the FedEx facility as a condition of his sentence, and he will receive credit for the three days he has already served.
The theft occurred on July 11, 2024, when police were called to the FedEx location at 1360 Welsh Road in response to a report of a man fraudulently attempting to pick up packages. When police arrived, they found Lee sitting in the customer pickup area on his phone. He identified himself as “Ryan Buckman” from South Carolina and showed a South Carolina driver’s license, which later turned out to be fake.
Upon further questioning, Lee handed over a Middle Bucks Institute of Technology (MBIT) employee ID for “Ryan Buckman,” claiming to be a systems analyst for the school. However, a check with dispatch revealed that no South Carolina driver’s license or person named Ryan Buckman matched the information provided.
The investigation revealed that someone had called FedEx, impersonating a MBIT employee and requesting that seven packages be held at the facility for pickup. The caller said the school was closed and asked for the items to be collected in person. FedEx, suspicious of the request, flagged it for fraud and notified security. It turned out that the packages, which contained 35 Apple iPads, had been ordered by the school but were not meant for pickup by Lee.
Lee, who had tracking IDs for all seven packages, was later confirmed to have no connection to MBIT. A representative from the school arrived at the FedEx site and identified the packages as theirs.
Lee was free on a $25,000 cash bond posted in July 2024. His defense attorney, Danton Lee Moyer, represented him during the proceedings.