Press Release
Buffalo Man Pleads Guilty Onstruction Of Mails
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of New York
CONTACT: Barbara Burns
PHONE: (716) 843-5817
FAX: (716) 551-3051
Buffalo, N.Y. -- U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Brian Jaszczak, 24, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthy, to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of the mails. The charge carries a maximum penalty of six months in prison, a fine of $5,000, or both.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth R. Moellering, who is handling the case, stated that on December 19, 2014, the defendant, a former employee of the United States Postal Service, discarded pieces of mail that had been entrusted to him for delivery.
The plea is the culmination of an investigation on the part of Special Agents of the United States Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General, under the direction of Monica Weyler.
Sentencing is scheduled for July 15, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. before Judge McCarthy.
Updated March 27, 2015
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