'Bored' Postal Worker Accused Of Stealing Cash From Greeting Cards

TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) - A Detroit-area postal employee is accused of stealing as many as 2,000 pieces of mail, pocketing any cash and dumping the leftovers along Interstate 94.

Federal authorities say that Sharon Berrien told them she stole the mail out of boredom. It was mostly greeting cards.

Berrien was charged Monday with stealing mail while working at a Detroit mail processing center.

Investigators say she told them that the thefts began last spring.

The probe started in October when mail was found along Pelham Road and Interstate 94 and given to the Taylor postmaster.

On Nov. 21, 800 pieces were found in Berrien's trash. Three bags were inside in a closet.

Berrien says she kept $1,000 to $1,500. She didn't immediately return a phone message seeking comment on the criminal case Monday.

"I was bored," she told investigators when they asked for the reason she stole the mail. She said she didn't have any financial problems.

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