A South Berwick man formerly employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a postal carrier in southern Maine has pleaded guilty to stealing cash and gift cards from mail on his delivery route.
Russell Joaquin, 48, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to theft of mail by postal carrier.
In court records, prosecutors allege that between January and May 2023, Joaquin opened and stole the contents of greeting cards from his postal route.
According to Maine U.S. Attorney’s Office, Joaquin admitted to U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General investigators that he had stolen greeting cards from his mail routes in South Berwick and Eliot to take the cash and gift cards they contained.
Joaquin faces up to five years and prison, a fine up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release for the mail theft charge.
I understand that the USPS has a shortage of postal carriers. Maybe they’re hiring anyone with a pulse or someone who will “do the job most Americans won’t do”?
Hello Newman,
Probably a DEI hire.