A FedEx contract employee has been busted for allegedly dumping dozens of packages within the woods to keep away from working late.
Latavion Lewis was arrested after a publish workplace in Bonifay, Florida, obtained a number of stories of FedEx packages littering the roadside and wooded space through the busiest supply season of the yr.
The contracted employee from Alabama agreed to satisfy with deputies — and confessed to tossing the packages moderately than return them to the FedEx warehouse “due to the late hour” he was working, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Officers have up to now recovered 44 packages, permitting them to be “delivered to their rightful owners.”
Lewis was charged with grand theft, unlawful dumping and arranged scheme to defraud. He remained locked up on the Holmes County Jail as of Monday, Al.com reported.
FedEx confirmed to Folks Journal that Lewis is not affiliated with the corporate.
“This incident is completely unacceptable as the safe and secure transport of our customers’ shipments is our top priority, and we are fully cooperating with authorities in their investigation,” a FedEx spokesperson stated in an announcement.
“In addition to being charged with criminal offenses, the individual involved is no longer providing service for our company,” the corporate stated.
FedEx stated it’s “working to ensure that these packages are delivered to their intended recipients.”
Final month, FedEx stated it was ready to course of a whopping 16 million packages a day forward of the vacations.
