UPDATE:
D.C. post office allegedly doubled as weed distribution center
The acting manager of two D.C. post offices and two of his employees took bribes in exchange for illegally delivering packages of marijuana, according to an indictment filed Thursday in D.C. federal court.
Deenvaughn Rowe is charged, along with letter carriers Kendra Brantley and Alicia Norman, with bribery and distribution of a controlled substance.
According to the indictment, Rowe would monitor the arrival of marijuana packages at the Lamond Riggs and River Terrace post offices. He would then instruct Brantley and Norman to meet individuals, who would offer cash in exchange for the packages, on the street during their routes. They gave the cash to Rowe, according to the indictment. In total, between December and May of 2016, Rowe allegedly deposited $31,485 in bribes into his bank accounts.
To cover up the scheme, authorities, say, the two carriers would either fail to scan or scan with false information the packages containing marijuana. Read more
Initial coverage below:
Paul Wagner – Fox5Wagner – Sources confirm 3 U S Postal workers arrested in the District today charged with Bribery.
WASHINGTON – Three United States Postal Service employees have been arrested and charged with bribery, reports FOX 5 Paul Wagner. Wagner says that the employees will appear in Federal Court later today.
I just hate seeing stories like these. We meet so many great USPS postal employees being in postal uniform sales. Some many good people at the USPS, and now they get the bad wrap of a few bad apples.