USPS Worker Caught Stuffing Storage Unit Full Of 5,000 Pieces Of Mail He Couldn’t Deliver!

You have got to be kidding with this one…

A United States postal worker pled guilty this week on charges of delay of mail by a postal employee, and could face up to five years in federal prison now, after admitting he stuffed more than 5,000 pieces of mail into a storage unit because he couldn’t deliver it during his shift. Seriously?!

Jason Delacruz will be sentenced by a judge on February 12, after pleading guilty this week in a case that stretches back to his time working for the United States Post Office as a mail carrier in Chesapeake, Virginia, according to a report in CNN.

After hiding mail for several months, from November of 2018 through May of 2019, Delacruz admitted to authorities that he’d rented out the storage locker specifically for “the sole purpose of storing mail he could not deliver.” For $49 a month, he stashed extra mail from days when he ran long on his route, or if he was unable to get to certain places to deliver certain things.

Delacruz told authorities he’d initially intended to deliver all the mail in the storage unit, but he “fell behind” and was never able to catch up. Agents from the US Postal Service found nearly 5,000 pieces of mail in the storage unit, located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Of those 5,000 pieces, there were 97 pieces of first-class mail — IRS documents, things from the Department of Motor Vehicles, etc., etc. — as well as more than 115 subscription magazines and other documents. Perhaps not surprisingly, more than 4,700 of those nearly 5,000 pieces were ad mailers and other junk mail.

So… Delacruz apparently failed to deliver roughly 95% junk to the residents on his route. Maybe he was just doing them a favor?! LOLz!!!

Delacruz, who ended up resigning in May after he was discovered by authorities in his little storage unit scheme, most likely will face a fine for his actions though, as we mentioned, up to five years of federal prison time is on the table in this case. We’ll know when he’s officially sentenced in the middle of next month.

What do U think about this one, Perezcious readers?? Pretty crazy… and obviously VERY poor form to not deliver important mail to people who are counting on, ya know, getting it. But still, 4,700+ ads in every 5,000 pieces of mail? Seriously? That’s legitimately 95% spam! Come on, USPS!!!

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