STERLING, Colo. (CBS4) – A prosecutor handling the case of a former U.S. Postal Service worker accused of not delivering more than 26,000 pieces of mail, including letters and packages in Sterling said Monday he would allow the return of mail to its intended recipients starting this week.
At a meeting in Sterling, Jason St. Julien, assistant U.S. attorney for the district of Colorado, who is lead prosecutor for the case, told residents the mail is evidence, which typically would remain with the prosecution until a case is closed.
In this case, St. Julien said he is making an exception to get mail back to its intended recipients. People who were victims will receive a letter from the postal service indicating their mail was among items discovered in the investigation.
Investigators say as a mail carrier, Hidalgo was responsible for routes across town, meaning that people not just in one neighborhood, but all over Sterling did not receive some of their letters and packages for about a year and a half, between October 2014 and April, when Hidalgo was arrested
From the US Attorney’s office
Colorado Mail Carrier Indicted for Delay and Destruction of Mail
10/21/16 DENVER – Tayson Adam Hidalgo, age 22, of Sterling, Colorado, was arrested following the return of a one count indictment by a federal grand jury in Denver charging him with delay or destruction of mail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General announced.