BIRMINGHAM – A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a U.S. Postal Service supervisor to 6 months’ home detention and a Postal carrier to 12 months’ probation for accepting cash to deliver marijuana, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Postal Inspection Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Max Eamiguel, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, and West Alabama Narcotics Task Force Captain Wayne Robertson.
The two Postal Service employees in Tuscaloosa, LENARD POMPEY, 39, a supervisor, and LYLE JONES, 36, a mail carrier, pleaded guilty in March to charges of bribery and conspiracy to distribute marijuana. The two men took part in a conspiracy to distribute marijuana and accepted cash to deliver packages containing the drug, according to their guilty pleas.
U.S. District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala sentenced Pompey to six months on home detention followed by six months of probation. She sentenced Jones to 12 months’ probation.
Jocelin Latrice Betts, city carrier assistant and Lenard Dewayne Pompey, customer service supervisor with 17 years
A third Tuscaloosa Postal Service employee, Jocelin Betts, a mail carrier, pleaded guilty in November to bribery and conspiracy to distribute marijuana. She is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 29.
The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General, and the West Alabama Narcotics Squad investigated the cases, which Assistant U.S. Attorney Brad Felton is prosecuting.
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Updated 3/17/16 BIRMINGHAM – Two U.S. Postal Service employees in Tuscaloosa pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of bribery and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.
U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance, U.S. Postal Inspection Inspector in Charge Adrian Gonzalez, U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General Special Agent in Charge Max Eamiguel, FBI Special Agent in Charge Roger C. Stanton, and West Alabama Narcotics Task Force Captain Wayne Robertson announced the pleas.
LYLE JONES, 36, a postal carrier, and LENARD POMPEY, 39, a postal supervisor, entered their pleas before U.S. District Judge Madeline H. Haikala. The judge scheduled both men’s sentencings for June 5.
Pompey and Jones are the second and third individuals to be charged in this investigation. Jocelin Betts, a U.S. Postal carrier, pleaded guilty in November and is scheduled for sentencing June 9 in connection with the distribution of narcotics through the U.S. mail in the Tuscaloosa area.
not a problem in our office, the clerks and carriers can’t wait to turn in suspicious packages. Daddy, Daddy, look what I found, smells like that evil marijuana. It’s not your job to smell the mail just sort and deliver it. DUH!!!
If window clerks sold drugs, maybe be could eliminate the debt created by the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. That was a slick way to steal money from the Post Office. If the government is allowed to steal and the Post Office is part of the government, why can’t we sell drugs?
You are right, almost like taking candy away from a baby. These crooks
are pretty smooth. All they are missing is that Frank guy who’s good with
words. instead of a wealth tax, it becomes a death tax. A little slide of
hand, and what ever need . Not a problem.