A mail carrier from Sharon Springs has been arrested on federal charges after authorities accused him of discarding mail in Syracuse.
Tanner Brown, 24, was charged by indictment with one felony count of detaining and delaying United States mail, according to an announcement made Monday by Acting United States Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon and Special Agent in Charge Matthew Modafferi of United States Postal Service Office of Inspector General’s Northeast Area Field Office.
He was arraigned Monday in federal court in Syracuse and was released pending a jury trial to be scheduled in the future.
The indictment alleges that Mr. Brown, while working as an employee of the United States Postal Service, “detained and delayed mail” intended for delivery between January 1 and July 24, 2019, in Onondaga County.
The charge filed against Mr. Brown carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and a term of supervised release of up to three years.