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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night nor law could allegedly get in the way of the delivery of cannabis-filled packages by postal workers in D.C., according to an indictment filed in D.C. federal court yesterday.
The indictment, as reported by The Washington Post, says that the acting manager of two D.C. post offices, along with two employees, broke the law by delivering weed-filled packages that arrived from out-of-state.
Deenvaughn Rowe, the acting manager at Lamond Riggs and River Terrace post offices, and employees Kendra Brantley and Alicia Norman were all arrested yesterday, after being charged with bribery and distribution of a controlled substance.
Here’s the case made against them in the indictment, as described by The Post:
Rowe would monitor the arrival of marijuana packages at the Lamond Riggs and River Terrace post offices. He would then instruct Brantley and Norman to meet individuals, who would offer cash in exchange for the packages, on the street during their routes. They gave the cash to Rowe, according to the indictment. Between September 2015 and August of 2016, Rowe allegedly deposited $31,485 in bribes into his bank accounts.
While Brantley and Normal were released on personal recognizance yesterday, Rowe was not released and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, according to WUSA 9.
While possession of cannabis is now legal in D.C., it remains against the law to sell the drug.
Rachel Kurzius