Federal authorities have made known the story of a longtime U.S. Postal Service employee who developed something on the side in the cocaine trade.
The Office of Acting U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Nathaniel R. Mendell announced Oct. 22 that Shawn M. Herron, 44, a resident of Whitman, has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and one count of theft of mail by a postal employee.
A press release from Mendell's office states that Herron has been employed with the Postal Service since 2005 and has served as Supervisor of Customer Service at the Canton Post Office and, more recently, as Manager of Customer Services at the Fall River Post Office (FPO).
"Herron tracked packages he suspected of containing narcotics," the release says, "and, rather than dealing with them appropriately, opened them and stole the contents. Specifically, Herron profiled priority parcels from Puerto Rico and West Coast states, as well as parcels flagged by law enforcement as potentially containing illegal narcotics, and then removed them from the mail stream."
The release continues, "Herron tracked the suspected parcels through Postal Service databases and monitored their arrival at the FPO. After their arrival, Herron located the parcels and brought them to his personal office space, where he stole the narcotics for distribution."
Herron is looking at some serious punishment.
The distribution charge provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of up to $500,000.
The theft of mail charge carries a prison sentence of up to five years, three years of supervised release, and a $250,000 fine.
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