Pensacola, Florida – 9/17/26 – Divincent M. Madison, Jr., 25, of Pensacola, Florida, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of mail by a postal employee, one count of delay or destruction of mail, and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. The plea was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

U.S. Attorney Heekin said: “This defendant sought to exploit his position with the USPS to facilitate a drug trafficking operation through the U.S. Mail, but thanks to the excellent investigative work by the USPS Inspector General that supported the successful prosecution by my office, he now faces federal prison time.”

Court documents reflect that in July 2023, while working at the United States Postal Service Processing and Distribution Center in Pensacola, the defendant would smell mail packages, cut them open, and steal marijuana located inside the parcels. Federal agents intercepted the defendant while leaving work and found over 1,000 grams of marijuana inside of his lunchbox. Later the same day, the defendant attempted to have another mail handler help him retrieve a package containing 448 grams of marijuana that the defendant had hidden inside the Distribution Center.

Madison faces up to 5 years imprisonment on each count.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service – Office of Inspector General and the United States Postal Inspection Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Christopher C. Patterson and Brooke Lindsay.

Sentencing is scheduled for November 10, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. in the United States Courthouse in Pensacola before United States District Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II.