Postal worker stole 20,000 pieces of mail in 20 years, feds say

BALTIMORE - Federal authorities are investigating after a Baltimore postal worker was charged with stealing more than 20,000 pieces of mail, reports CBS Baltimore.

Jeffrey Shipley was a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier for more than 20 years, from 1993 to 2014. But according to charging documents, Shipley failed to deliver, embezzled, and stole more than 20,000 items including checks, money orders, prescription medication, passports and DVDs, according to the station.

Charging documents say Shipley even stole furniture that belonged to the postal service.

Authorities say he primarily stole from the Parkville Branch and Catonsville Carrier Annex- two locations that were not on his assigned route.

When Shipley was arrested on March 10, officers reportedly recovered 55 gift cards and 15 credit cards that he allegedly removed from mail packages and envelopes. A number of stolen items were in his wallet, according to CBS Baltimore.

Shipley is charged with theft of mail and destruction of mail.