A United States Postal Service worker has been accused of grabbing the breast of a St. Johnsbury woman while delivering her mail this spring.

Douglas H. McGown, 62, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of engaging in a prohibited act and was released on the condition that he not contact his alleged victim, a 21-year-old woman from McGill Avenue.

McGown was a letter carrier working out of the St. Johnsbury post office when the alleged incident occurred. Post office officials said Monday that McGown retired on June 30 — one month after the alleged incident occurred — ending a 29-year career with the postal service.

According to an affidavit filed by Vermont State Police Detective Trooper Andrew Jensen, the alleged victim said the incident occurred on June 1 after she approached McGown as he delivered the mail on McGill Avenue and asked if she could get her mail early because she was waiting for a check that needed to be deposited before her bank closed.

“She said McGown told her if she wanted her mail she was going to have to help him dig through the mail in the back of his USPS mail truck,” wrote Jensen in his report.

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