Federal Worker Does the Right Thing, Gets Probation
By
WOOF
on November 23, 2008 at 01:18 pm
“Mailman Steve”—a pudgy, kindly 58-year-old who toiled along a route in a rapidly growing neighborhood here—was given probation in federal court this week for squirreling away at least seven years’ worth of undelivered junk mail, which he had stacked in his garage and buried in his yard.
the U.S. Postal Service did not receive a single complaint from Padgett’s customers about missing mail during the years he withheld pizza circulars, oil change discount notices and Chinese menus.
Readers who followed Padgett’s travails in the pages of the Raleigh News & Observer responded on behalf of a grateful citizenry. They thanked him for delivering his customers from unwanted mail
