A former U.S. Postal Service employee in Louisville has been charged with willfully obstructing the passage of mail, U.S. Attorney Russell Coleman announced on Monday.
“Especially in these times, Americans depend on the reliability and integrity of those that deliver the U.S. Mail,” Coleman said. “Conduct by postal employees that violates that duty will result in swift federal prosecution.”
DeShawn Bojgere, 30, has been charged with the delay or destruction of mail, a federal offense
According to the criminal complaint, sometime between October 5 and October 15, 2020, Bojgere discarded a large quantity of mail in a construction dumpster on Galene Drive in Louisville. The discarded mail items included 111 general election absentee ballots from the Jefferson County Clerk’s Office being mailed to voters to be filled out, Coleman said.
The dumped mail also included 69 mixed class pieces of flat rate mail, 320 second class pieces of mail and two national election campaign flyers from a political party in Florida. An analysis of the mail revealed it was from a single route for one scheduled delivery day.
Bojgere admitted to special agents with the U.S. Postal Service that he was responsible for discarding the mail in the dumpster.
Copies of the mail were made to retain as evidence, while all the recovered mail was placed back in the mail stream for delivery to its intended recipients.
If convicted, the suspect faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
(Photo of DeShawn Bojgere courtesy of WAVE3.com)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
