A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in California is facing federal charges after being accused of keeping 8,500 pieces of correspondence instead of delivering them.
Law enforcement arrested Ronald Juckno, 53, on Friday after the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California indicted him on charges of failing to deliver the mail.
Between August and September 2024, Mr. Juckno, a resident of Fresno, California, 160 miles southeast of San Francisco, was found with 8,500 pieces of undelivered mail, the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged in a release Monday.
The mail that Mr. Juckno is accused of hoarding included financial records, insurance records, tax records, utility bills, medical correspondence and California Employment Development Department documents, federal prosecutors said.
The U.S. Postal Service put Mr. Juckno on leave after the undelivered mail was discovered; he resigned his position shortly thereafter.
If Mr. Juckno is convicted, he will face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, federal prosecutors said.
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