THEY ARE STRICT IN AMERICA

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 04 Sep 2007, 14:04

Postal employee charged with abandoning mail

http://www2.beaufortgazette.com/blogs/post/14675

rial will begin Wednesday

Published: Monday, September 3, 2007 - 11:42 am

By Paul Alongi
STAFF WRITER

A rural postal carrier charged with abandoning 176 pieces of mail is scheduled to go on trial in Greenville on Wednesday, according to federal court records.

Robert McWhorter was working for the U.S. Postal Service in Iva on Jan. 3 when authorities allege that he quit and put the third-class mail in a recycling bin, according to an indictment.

If convicted, McWhorter could face up to $100,000 in fines and no more than a year in prison, the indictment states. He has been free on bond while awaiting trial, according to court records.

Jury selection is set for Tuesday before U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson Jr.

The trial is scheduled to be at the federal courthouse in Greenville on Wednesday before Magistrate William M Catoe.

Carla · Post by **Carla** » 04 Sep 2007, 15:43

Blimey thank god we don't live in the US

stressed · Post by **stressed** » 04 Sep 2007, 19:50

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 04 Sep 2007, 20:53

3rd class mail? I didnt think the US was still in the 19th century, didn't they once send a chimp to the moon, and didn't that chimp
become the first hot-dog vendor to, ermmmm, vend hot-dogs on the moon? And isn't old George Bush rumored to become the first Governor of
the moon when his lame-duck presidency splutters to a halt?

Or, have I been deluding myself all these years?

KawasakiKid · Post by **KawasakiKid** » 04 Sep 2007, 21:13

:lfo :cfo Now we know where were heading------------------KAWAK

pilsbury · Post by **pilsbury** » 04 Sep 2007, 21:33

Your bang on the money there northyorks,its time to toughen up.