US "Mailman Steve," a pudgy, kindly, 58-year-old mail carrier who toiled along a route in a rapidly growing neighbourhood in Apex, N.C., was given probation in federal court this week for squirreling away at least seven years’ worth of undelivered junk mail, which he had stacked in his garage and buried in his yard.
According to his attorney, the mail carrier, Steven Padgett, felt overwhelmed by the torrents of "direct advertising mail" he was obligated to deliver as he contended with heart problems and diabetes.
'Mailman Steve' gets probation for not delivering junk mail for 7 years | Nation | Star-Telegram.com
