Postal Employee Sentenced for Desertion of Mail

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Matthew J. Doherty, II, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on December 19, 2022, in federal court in Omaha for Desertion of Mail. United States Magistrate Judge Michael D. Nelson sentenced Doherty to a two-year term of probation.

Between February 28, 2022, through March 9, 2022, Doherty, who was then employed as the mail carrier in Tekamah, Nebraska, took possession of mail for the purposes of delivering it to intended recipients. Instead of delivering all of the mail or returning it to the post office or to another authorized Postal Service employee, Doherty discarded at least 46 pieces of mail in a dumpster in Tekamah.

This case was investigated by the United States Postal Service – Office of the Inspector General.