Former USPS Employee Indicted for Stealing Prescription Medication from Mail
A former United States Postal Service (USPS) employee, Michael Vernon, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly stealing packages containing prescription medications from postal customers on his route. According to the charging document, Vernon worked as a USPS mail carrier in Waltham, Massachusetts, from June 2022 to January 2024, and used his official position to rifle through the contents of mail entrusted to him, including packages containing prescription medication.
Key Takeaways:
- Michael Vernon, 52, of Somerville, Massachusetts, was indicted on one count of theft of mail by an employee.
- Vernon allegedly stole packages containing prescription medications from postal customers on his delivery route in Waltham, Massachusetts.
- The theft is alleged to have occurred from around June 2022 through January 2024.
- The charge of theft of mail by employee provides a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $250,000.
- United States Attorney Leah B. Foley and Matthew Modafferi, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General, Northeast Area Field Office, made the announcement.
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam W. Deitch of the Public Corruption and Special Prosecutions Unit is prosecuting the case.
- The details contained in the charging documents are allegations, and Vernon is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Statistics:
- 1 count of theft of mail by an employee
- Up to 5 years in prison
- 3 years of supervised release
- Fine of up to $250,000
- Presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law
Sources:
- United States Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts
- United States Postal Service
- Office of the Inspector General, United States Postal Service