NORFOLK, Va. (AP) – A former U.S. Postal Service worker who admitted to dumping hundreds of pieces of mail will spend six months on home confinement. Shalita Corley will be on probation for five years after she completes the home confinement.  Corley was also fined $2,000.

A statement of facts filed with the plea agreement reported Corley worked as a city carrier assistant (CCA) with the United States Postal Service (USPS) from November 3, 2014 through February 6, 2015, when she resigned her position.  On February 3, 2015, a Norfolk resident observed Corley acting suspiciously and walking about an overgrown lot abutting the Lafayette River in Norfolk.  After Corley drove away in her USPS vehicle, the resident investigated and found two trash bags containing hundreds of pieces of mail, including what appeared to be one or more envelopes containing checks.  The resident collected the mail and promptly turned it over to the USPS.  Further investigation during the ensuing week by residents and the USPS led to the recovery of other mail scattered about the lot and seven additional trash bags containing undelivered U.S. mail, including what appeared to be bank statements, end of year tax mailings, USPS priority mail, letters from service members in the armed forces, and other mailed advertisements and the like.  Review by agents with the USPS Office of Inspector General revealed that these items of U.S. mail had been postmarked on days falling within the first four weeks of January and the first week of February 2015.  The USPS later delivered all of the recovered mail to its intended recipients.