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USPS Investigates After Package Thrown Onto Montco Lawn: Report

The US Postal Service is reportedly investigating after an employee threw a package onto a Montgomery County front lawn.

NORTH WALES, PA -- The US Postal Service is reportedly investigating an employee who threw a package onto a North Wales front lawn.

6ABC reports the family filed a complaint after the incident, which was caught on surveillance camera.

The postal service vehicle is shown pulling into the driveway, and the driver throws the package onto the lawn.

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Immediately after that, the driver gets out and retrieves the package, only to throw it back out onto the lawn again, the report states.

One of the residents, Lisa Simon, was at home at the time, and came outside to ask the driver what he was doing. He reportedly told her that he threw the package because their dog was on the front lawn, but surveillance video shows the lawn is empty, according to the report.

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The Postal Service said they would look into the matter and that the employee could be fired.

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