Mail Carrier Charged With Throwing Away 1,000+ Pieces Of Mail

A federal grand jury indicted Matteo Morelli of Warwick Wednesday on one count of delaying or destroying mail as a postal employee, according to the Associated Press. The mail was addressed to residents and businesses in East Greenwich and North Kingstown.

The U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General began investigating reports of mail dumping by a letter carrier in June, after East Greenwich residents and at least one EG business owner complained about not receiving mail.

Postal Service investigators interviewed Morelli and later found more than 1,000 pieces of mail discarded in a garbage receptacle behind a Warwick school.

Morelli, 34, is scheduled to be arraigned next week. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.