- A former postal worker in Louisiana pleaded guilty to destroying mail
- Mark Wayne Thompson, 50 of Pitkin in Vernon Parish pleaded guilty
- He is believed to have destroyed 20 tubs of mail over a period of six months
Mark Wayne Thompson, 50 of Pitkin in Vernon Parish pleaded guilty to burning mail
A postal worker from Louisiana has pleaded guilty to burning at least 20 tubs of mail at his home over the course of six months.
Mark Wayne Thompson, 50, pleaded guilty to the destruction of mail by a postal employee.
Instead of delivering the post along his rural route Thompson took everything back to his home in Elmer and burnt it between December 2016 and May 2017.
Thompson now faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentencing is in April.
It’s estimated that he burned at least 20 tubs of mail.
Former postal worker Mark Wayne Thompson, 50 of Pitkin in Vernon Parish pleaded guilty. He is believed to have destroyed 20 tubs of mail over a period of six months (file photo)