PORTLAND, MI — Instead of delivering the mail, a US postal employee in Eaton County is under investigation for hoarding it.

Investigators made a surprising discovery at the United States Postal Service worker’s home in Sunfield this past Saturday.

A significant amount of stolen first class and standard mail was found inside the home in the 300 block of 3rd St.

Cheryl Everitt, 42, has been a USPS worker since November 2015. She’s suspected of hoarding the mail from her Portland route as far back as July 2017. The mail was from Portland ZIP code 48875.

A lot of the mail was found wet and damaged, some even burned. More at WILX