Pittsburgh Postal Service Worker Charged With Discarding Mail

BALDWIN, PA — With the presidential election less than three weeks away and many people voting by mail because of the coronavirus outbreak, an Allegheny County mail carrier has been charged with trashing undelivered mail.

United States Postal Service federal agents raided the Meadowcrest Drive home of Sean Troesch, 48, after receiving a tip that the mail carrier was throwing away mail rather than delivering it.

Troesch has been charged with delay or destruction of mail by a postal employee, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.

"During this election season, the integrity of the mails is more important than ever," Brady said in a news release.

"When any public employee, including a mail carrier, violates the law, we will respond quickly. These carriers each attempted to destroy mail, including both political advertisements and an application for a mail-in ballot. Anyone who would obstruct or delay United States mail that includes election-related materials should know that the Department of Justice will take quick, efficient action against them."

In a statement, the United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General said the recovered mail will be delivered to its intended recipients.

“Special Agents recovered several different classes of mail, including business mail, flats, and small amount of first class mail," the release stated. "We expect to perform a piece count of the mail tomorrow and make arrangements to have to mail delivered to customers as soon as feasible.”

According to Newsweek, the bags included 314 items of first-class mail -including a request for the delivery of a mail-in ballot—seven items of certified mail, one item of priority mail, and 1,311 political advertisements or similar campaign mail items.