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Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer
Marijuana In The Mail: Newark Postal Worker Guilty Of Helping Pot Dealer A federal jury Tuesday found a mail carrier from Newark guilty of helping a drug dealer send marijuana through the mail, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.  Fred Rivers, 47, who worked at the Springfield Station facility in Newark, intercepted packages containing the drug that were labeled with actual addresses but phony names.  Rivers then brought the packages to the parking lot where he worked and handed them off to Glenn Blackstone after scanning them to falsely indicate the packages had been delivered. Rivers, who took part in the scheme from October 2016 to September 2017, firs…

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by Paul Milo
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NJ Dealer Admits Going Postal To Get Pot From California NJ Dealer Admits Going Postal To Get Pot From California
NJ Dealer Admits Going Postal To Get Pot From California A Newark man admitted in federal court Tuesday that he bribed a pair of mail carriers to intercept and deliver packages of pot to him from California for nearly three years. A U.S. District Court judge in Newark freed Glenn Blackstone, 48, on a $100,000 unsecured bond pending sentencing after he pleadd guilty to single counts of bribery and conspiracy. Blackstone bought the marijuana from a producer in California, then slipped the carriers $50 to $100 a delivery before dealing the drug in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Blackstone said he paid then-USPS mail carrier Leonard Gre…

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by Jerry DeMarco