Wednesday, February 24, 2016

WAVE: Feds: Postal Carrier Shot For Keeping Drugs He Delivered On His Route


By Joey Brown, Feb 22, 2016 Wave 3

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The shooting of a U.S. postal worker on Dearborn Avenue was the result of a drug deal, according to an affidavit filed in federal court Monday.

Marcus Bennett, the brother of Eric Bennett, who previously was charged by the Commonwealth Attorney, faces federal charges of assault against a federal government worker and discharging a weapon in the commission of a violent offense. If convicted, he could face a maximum of 20 years in prison for the first crime and a minimum of 10 years to life for the second crime. The charges would run consecutively.

[RELATED READING: U.S. Postal Inspection Service affidavit]

The day after the Feb. 10 shooting, postal inspectors received a tip that a person named "MIZ" from Victory Park, later identified as Marcus Bennett, was supposed to receive a package containing drugs via U.S. Mail approximately two weeks earlier, but the mail carrier, Da'Ron Lester, kept the package, and that's why he was shot, the affidavit said.
 

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