A postal employee is facing time for dumping and discarding mail.
On December 19, Matthew Doherty, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced in federal court two years probation for desertion of mail.
Between February 28, 2022, through March 9, 2022, Doherty, was employed as a mail carrier in Tekamah, Nebraska. During Doherty’s employment he discarded at least 46 pieces of mail in a dumpster in Tekamah, instead of delivery all the mail or returning it to the post office or another authorized Postal Service employee.
This case was investigated by the United States Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General.
