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Héctor Ríos Morales

Former postal worker accused of intercepting drugs and delivering them to traffickers in New Jersey

Emerson Pavilus, 49, had been working for the U.S. Postal Service for about 15 years before he was found guilty of accepting bribes to deliver drugs along his mail route (Credit: Karen Wall/Image via Patch.com)

SEATTLE - A former United States Postal Service worker from Union, New Jersey, is facing a long time behind bars. Emerson Pavilus, 49, was convicted on Aug. 15 on all three counts of an indictment charging him with receiving bribes as a public official, conspiring to defraud the United States, and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances

According to a news release by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey on Aug. 20, Pavilus had been working with the U.S. Postal Service for 15 years before he was indicted in May 2021 and a jury convicted him of all three charges earlier this month.

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