Footage has captured the wild moment a Tennessee postal worker appeared to remove mail from his truck and brazenly toss it in a dumpster.
The shocking video, which was uploaded to TikTok on Saturday, appears to show a USPS employee taking bins of mail from his truck and then hurling it into the trash.
The concerned resident, who recorded the video from a window in her home, narrated the clip in shock: ‘This mailman is dumping people’s mail in the dumpster.’
With the footage gaining millions of views in just two days, a Nashville postal worker has since been placed in a non-duty status, and the local Office of Inspector General is investigating the incident.
A new video captured the wild moment a Tennessee postal worker appeared to remove mail from his truck and brazenly toss it in a dumpster
In the video, the person who appears to be a USPS worker is seen retrieving bins full of mail and pouring them into the dumpster.
‘He is dumping mail- federal mail- into the dumpster,’ the shocked TikToker said, captioning her content: ‘Federal crime happening right before my eyes.
Afterwards, he went back over to the dumpster and appeared to be rearranging the trash so that the mail would be better concealed.
‘Oh my god,’ the woman recording the video said in horror. ‘People mail their checks and bills.’
She went on to explain how the postal worker originally had two bins in the front of the truck, each of which he had dumped out in the dumpster.
‘Now he’s emptying what’s in the back,’ she said.
At this point, the unknown employee could be seen leaning into the back of the mail truck. Then he remerged from the vehicle with another tray full of mail, moving back and fourth between the two with countless post items.
‘Don’t tell me this is legal. Please don’t tell me this is what you do to get rid of mail,’ the TikToker said
In the TikTok, the alleged USPS worker can be seen dumping bins full of mail into the dumpster
The TikTok captured the moment the man appeared to be emptying out bins full of people’s mail
Then the alleged postal worker returned to his truck, where he removed more mail to throw out
As the alleged postal employee walked from his truck to the dumpster, he peered over his should, apparently worried that he might be spotted.
The woman recording the video observed this and narrated: ‘He’s looking around to make sure people aren’t looking.’
‘He keeps looking to make sure that nobody’s looking,’ the TikToker said.
She added: ‘But I’m looking…I’m looking real good.’
In the comments section, countless viewers expressed their horror about what they’d seen.
‘People live through the [postal] system. They get their medical stuff through the mail. I can’t imagine seeing this,’ one commenter remarked.
‘Seniors waiting on their mail order prescriptions,’ another user wrote with a frowning emoji.
An employee has since been placed in a non-duty status, and the local Office of Inspector General is investigating the incident
The alleged postal worker dumped out the mail in the front of the van, before retrieving even more mail from the back of the vehicle
A former USPS employee commented: ‘I worked for USPS.
‘They warned me in training that if we were caught doing this we would be in jail.’
‘Someone is always watching. Even when we think, they’re not,’ another person remarked.
In the comments section, the original poster also revealed that she had shared the video with her local postmaster.
According to the U.S. postal code, a mail worker who deserts their mail ‘shall be fined…or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.’
In 2020, a New Jersey postal employee similarly dumped mail from his route in different dumpsters, for which he was charged with delay of mail, among other things.
As the supposed postal employee walked from his truck to the dumpster, he peered over his should, apparently worried that he might be spotted
After the alleged USPS worker dumped out the mail, he leaned into the dumpster and appeared to try to bury the letters under other refuse
The charge of mail delay carries with it up to five years in prison, as well as a $250,000 fine.
At the end of the TikTok, the woman who filmed the video said: ‘I can’t believe you. I cannot believe it.’
Then she corrected herself.
‘I can believe it because there have been times I haven’t gotten my mail, and I understand now.’
‘He keeps looking to make sure that nobody’s looking,’ the TikToker who posted the video said
In a statement to DailyMail.com, the USPS Office of Inspector General-Mid Atlantic Area Field Office said the incident is under review.
‘The local OIG office is aware of the video posted on social media this weekend and is conducting an investigation into this matter.
‘The alleged involved Postal employee has been placed in a non-duty status.’
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