FedEx driver charged after being seen throwing packages into wooded area, NC cops say
A FedEx driver is charged after a pile of packages were thrown into the woods in North Carolina, police said.
On Monday, Dec. 6, police got a call from a person who said she saw a FedEx truck “dump a load of packages” in the parking lot of 33 East apartments in Greenville, North Carolina, then throw them into a wooded area nearby, according to a news release from the Greenville Police Department.
Police said the caller got the truck’s license plate and a description of the driver. The driver has been charged with “larceny by employee” and “littering >500 lbs,” according to police.
FedEx said in a statement to McClatchy News that the incident was “completely unacceptable and contrary to our commitment to treating millions of customers’ packages each day with the utmost care.”
“We continue to cooperate with the authorities as the criminal justice process moves to the next stage,” the statement said. “In addition to being charged with a criminal offense, the individual involved is no longer providing service on behalf of FedEx Ground.”
All of the packages have since been found and delivered at 73 different stops, police said on Tuesday, Dec. 14.
No other information about the incident has been released.
Greenville is in Pitt County, about 85 miles east of Raleigh.
This story was originally published December 14, 2021 at 4:44 PM.
