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New Orleans Man Sentenced For Destruction of Mail by Postal Employee

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DWAYNE WEST (“WEST”), age 24, was sentenced on May 21, 2026, to one year of probation and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier, announced United States Attorney David I. Courcelle. 

WEST previously plead guilty to unlawfully delaying, opening and destroying mail in his possession, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1703(a). 

According to court documents, WEST, unlawfully delayed, opened and destroyed mail which had come into his possession while he was employed as a Postal Service employee.

The case was investigated by the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General. Assistant United States Attorney Irene González of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.

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Contact

Shane M. Jones

Public Information Officer

United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana

United States Department of Justice

Updated May 26, 2026
Topic
Public Corruption
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern

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