{"id":26735,"date":"2019-07-03T08:40:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26735"},"modified":"2019-07-03T08:40:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T13:40:36","slug":"former-alaska-postal-carrier-sentenced-for-deserting-approximately-49-plastic-tubs-of-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/07\/03\/former-alaska-postal-carrier-sentenced-for-deserting-approximately-49-plastic-tubs-of-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Alaska Postal Carrier Sentenced for Deserting Approximately 49 Plastic Tubs of Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-subtitle field--type-text field--label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\"><em><strong>Largest \u201cMail Dumping\u201d Case in Alaska History<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field--name-field-pr-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-bottom: 1px solid #6d6d6d; margin: 0px 0px 1em; color: #242424; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<div class=\"field__items\">\n<div class=\"field__item even\">\n<p>Anchorage, Alaska \u2013 U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, in the largest \u201cmail dumping\u201d case in Alaska history, a former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to federal prison for deserting more than 49 plastic tubs of mail that he was responsible for delivering.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Gerald Hilty, 48, of Wasilla, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith to serve three years of probation, to complete 300 hours of community service, and to pay a $1,000 fine.\u00a0 In April 2019, Hilty pleaded guilty to one count of desertion of mail.<\/p>\n<p>According to court documents, over the course of two years, Hilty abandoned some of the mail along the route in unused mail receptacles, kept some of it in and around his home, and even destroyed mail by burning it.\u00a0 The deserted mail included a passport, insurance correspondence, PFD letters, college acceptance letters, child support payments, among other unknown types of mail that Hilty burned. \u00a0The investigation revealed that Hilty simply tired of delivering the mail he was entrusted with delivering, and did not want to complete his assigned rounds.\u00a0 This was the largest \u201cmail dumping\u201d case in Alaska history, as measured by the mail volume and number of victims \u2013 there were 467 identifiable victims in this case.<\/p>\n<p>At the sentencing hearing, Judge Smith noted that a higher fine could have been imposed, however federal law required the judge to consider Hilty\u2019s inability to pay.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Postal Service-Office of Inspector General (USPS-OIG) conducted the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of this case.\u00a0 This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonas M. Walker.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25812\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/justice-A-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/justice-A-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/justice-A.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Largest \u201cMail Dumping\u201d Case in Alaska History Anchorage, Alaska \u2013 U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced that, in the largest \u201cmail dumping\u201d case in Alaska history, a former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to federal prison for deserting more than 49 plastic tubs of mail that he was responsible for delivering. 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