Mail carrier suspended after ballot, political ads allegedly found in trash – By Tony LaRussa (Trib Live) / Oct 13 2020
A mail carrier has been placed on unpaid leave after federal agents found mail in a trash can that was supposed to be delivered to homes and businesses in Bloomfield.
The items the carrier allegedly tossed away included “several different classes of mail, including one ballot request and about two dozen political advertisements,” according to Special Agent Scott Balfour of the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.
“The mail was intended for delivery in the Bloomfield area of Pittsburgh, and was already returned to the USPS and delivered to customers,” Balfour said in a statement.
Postal inspectors were contacted after the mail was discovered in a trash can at Persad Center along Butler Street in Lawrenceville, according to Tribune-Review news partners WPXI-TV.
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